ART. I.-THE CHARACTER OF CICERO.
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propose for discussion the character of Cicero after the world has been talking of him for more than twice the period he looked forward to, when anxiously anticipating the judgment of posterity, may seem, at least to readers who are content to live in ignorance of the past, a pedantic and oldfashioned amusement. For all that, it seems to have a new and real interest for some of the foremost minds of our age, as is plain from the list of authors and scholars which we place at the head of this Paper. In truth, if a review of a character so remarkable as that of Cicero fail to attract thinkers VOL. XXXV.-NO. I. [Third Series.]