Brutus, or On Eminent Orators Passage 89

ex hac Rutili narratione suspiocari licet, cum duae summae sint in oratore laudes, una subtiliter disputandi ad docendum, altera graviter agendi ad animos audientium permovendos, multoque plus proficiat is qui inflammet iudicem quam ille qui doceat, ele - gantiam in Laelio, vim in Galba fuisse. Quae quidem vis tum maxime cognita est , cum Lusitanis a Ser. Galba praetore contra interpositam, ut existimabatur, fidem interfectis L. Libone tribuno plebis populum incitante et rogationem in Galbam privilegi similem ferente, summa senectute, ut ante dixi, M. Cato legem suadens in Galbam multa dixit; quam orationem in Origines suas rettulit, paucis ante quam mortuus est [an ] diebus an mensibus.

"From this account by Rutilius one may infer that, since the two highest merits in an orator are, first, subtle argument for instruction and, second, weighty delivery to move the listeners' minds, and since the man who inflames a judge achieves far more than the man who instructs him, Laelius possessed elegance and Galba force. That force became especially evident when, after the Lusitanians had been killed by the praetor Servius Galba in violation, as was believed, of a pledge he had given, the tribune of the plebs Lucius Libo stirred up the people and introduced against Galba a bill resembling a special enactment against an individual. In his extreme old age, as I said before, Marcus Cato delivered a lengthy speech supporting the bill against Galba. He inserted that speech into his Origins a few days or months before his death."

«Le récit de Rutilius permet de conjecturer que, les deux plus grandes qualités de l'orateur étant, d'une part, la discussion subtile qui instruit et, d'autre part, l'action grave qui émeut l'âme des auditeurs, et celui qui enflamme le juge obtenant bien davantage que celui qui l'instruit, Laelius possédait l'élégance et Galba la force. Cette force se révéla surtout lorsque, des Lusitaniens ayant été massacrés par le préteur Ser. Galba malgré la parole qu'il leur avait, croyait-on, donnée, le tribun de la plèbe L. Libon souleva le peuple et proposa contre Galba une loi semblable à un privilège. Dans son extrême vieillesse, comme je l'ai dit, M. Caton prononça contre Galba de nombreux arguments en faveur de la loi; il inséra ce discours dans ses Origines, quelques jours ou quelques mois [avant] sa mort.»