fears of others. The ills that men are actually suffering from seem to them much more 护evous than any they may fear in the future." and the decemvirs were ;二D n广T‘ delivering this impassioneddoubt how far they oughtangry resistance or in that to go,of cordwhether in the direction cession. and unable to see what the issue would be, C. Claudius‘ the uncle of the decemvir Appius, made a speech more in the nature of entreaty than of censure. He implored him by the shade of his father to think rather of the social order under确ich he had been born than of the nefarious compact made with his colleagues. It eras much more, he said, for the sake of助Dius than of让e Mate that he made this appeal，for the Mate would assert its rights in spite of them, if it could not do so with their consent. But great. controversies，，generally kindle， great and1 .1.1 11. ., titter passions, anu it was what these might lead to that lie dreaded. Though the. decemvirs. forbade_the， discussion of any subject save the one they had introduced, their respect for Claudius prevented them from interrupting him, so he concluded with a resolution that no decree should be passed by the senate. This was universally taken to mean that Claudius adjudged them to be private citizens, and many of the consulars exp ressed their concurrence. Another proposal, apparently more drastic, but in reality less effective was that the senate should order the patricians to hold a special meeting to appoint an“interrex.’ For by voting for this, they decided tha, '- --- ---'- -w - -- 比};}.ose wn0 were,presiding over the senate were lawful mag istrates, whoever th叹 were, whereas the proposal that no de tree should ioe Passea made them private citizens. The cause of the decemvirs was on the point of collapsing, when L. Cornelius Maluginensis, the brother ofM.Cornelius the decemvir, who had been purposely selected from among the consulars to wind up the debate, undertook to defend his brother and his brother's colleagues by professing great anxiety about the war. He was wondering, he said, by what fatality it had come about that the decemvirs should be attacked by those who had sought the office or by their allies or in particular by these men, 20 or why, during all the months that the commonwealth was undisturbed, no one questioned whether those at the head of affairs were lawful magistrates or not, whereas now, when the enemy were almost at their gates, they were fomenting nature of their proceeding would be less apparent in the general confusion. No one was justified in importing prejudice into a matter of such rriom6nt whilst they were preoccupied with much more serious anxieties. He gaveValerius and Horati遭as his opinion that the point raised bynamely, that the decemvirs had ceased to hold office by May:5, should be submitted七。’the senate for decision after the impending wars had been brought to a doseand the tranquillity of the State restored. And further, thatAp. Claudius must at once understand that he must be preparedto make a proper return of the election which he held for the 牙stating whether they were electedch time as the laws which were stillIn his opinion every matter but thebe laid aside. If they thought thatgot abroad were false, and that nothad come in but even the Tuscantory, then, they ought to send outing back accurate information. If,messengers and the envoys, a levyliest possible moment, the decemvirshatever direction each. thought best, and nothing. else should tape precedence.