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Action is the language of the body and should harmonize with the spirit within.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I am of the opinion which you have always held, that viva voce voting at elections is the best method. [Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]
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