CATILINA.
Jeg vidste det. Kun usle snevre hensyn
til egen fordel er, hvad eder driver.
Nej, venner, nej; mod større mål jeg sigted!
Vel har jeg ved bestikkelser forsøgt
at rive konsulatet til mig; dog,
mit anslag rummed mer, end hvad man skulde
fra slige midler dømme. Borgerfrihed
og statens vel var målet for min stræben.
Man har mig miskendt; skinnet var imod.
Min skæbne vilde det. Det må så være!
CATILINE.
I knew it. Only mean and paltry motives,
The hope of private vantage, urge you on.
No, no, my friends; I aimed at nobler things!
True, I have sought with bribes and promises
To seize ere now the consulate, and yet
My plan was greater and comprised much more
Than means like these would point to. Civic freedom,
The welfare of the state,--these were my aims.
Men have misjudged, appearances belied me;
My fate has willed it so. It must so be!
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