Concedamus sane C. Caesari ut propter magnitudinem cogitationum et occupationes rerum minus in eloquentia effecerit quam divinum eius ingenium postulabat, tam hercule quam Brutum philosophiae suae relinquamus'nam in orationibus minorem esse fama  sua etiam admiratores eius fatentur: nisi forte quisquam aut Caesaris pro Decio Samnite aut Bruti pro Deiotaro rege ceterosque eiusdem lentitudinis ac teporis libros legit, nisi qui et carmina eorundem miratur.
As to Julius Caesar we must no doubt make allowance. It was owing to his vast designs and all-absorbing activities that he accomplished less as an orator than his superhuman genius called for; just as in the case of Brutus we must leave him to his well-loved philosophy, for even his admirers admit that as an orator he did not rise to his reputation. You wont tell me that anybody reads Caesars oration in defence of Decius the Samnite, or Brutuss in defence of King Deiotarus, or any of the other speeches, all equally slow and equally flat'unless, indeed, it be someone who is an admirer also of their poetry.
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