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And does the
law order men to be conducted as settlers by those decemvirs, into those lands which have
been bought in accordance with the provisions of this law?
What? Is not the whole plan of such a nature that it does not make any difference to the
republic whether a colony is led into that place or not? Is it a place which requires a
colony? [a place which refuses one?]
*****And in this class of places, as in the other parts of the republic, it is worthwhile to recollect the diligence exhibited by our ancestors; who established colonies in such suitable places to guard against all suspicion of danger, that they appeared to be not so much towns of Italy as bulwarks of the empire. These men are going to lead colonies into those lands which they have bought. Will they do so, even if it be not for the interests of the republic to do so?
*****And in this class of places, as in the other parts of the republic, it is worthwhile to recollect the diligence exhibited by our ancestors; who established colonies in such suitable places to guard against all suspicion of danger, that they appeared to be not so much towns of Italy as bulwarks of the empire. These men are going to lead colonies into those lands which they have bought. Will they do so, even if it be not for the interests of the republic to do so?