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When Caecilius Metellvs was desirous of leading his men against a strongly fortified place, a centurion [p. 199] said that with the loss of only ten men Metellvs could take the place. Metellus asked him if he wished to be one of the ten !
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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