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Exercise 8

A.

1. He said that he would never banish the good and wise.

Negavit se umquam bonos et sapientes pulsurum esse.

3. He said that courage and cowardice were contrary to each other.

Dixit virtutem et timiditatem contrarias aliam alii esse.

6. He said that rashness and change of purpose were not to be praised.

Negavit temeritatem et inconstantiam laudanda [or laudandas] esse.

C.

2. He promised to send me a letter on the 15th of March, and made many other fine pretenses; but he has neither kept his promises, nor does he any longer venture to make a secret of having purposely broken his word.

Pollicitus est se ad me litteras idibus Martiis missurum esse et bona dictavit alia multa sed nec promissis stetit nec diutius dissimulare fidem consulto falsam esse audet.

4. He would rather, he replied, obey the most unjust laws than be at variance with true patriots and disagree with every sensible man.

Respondit se legibus illicitissimis parere malle quam cum bonis civibus pugnare et ab quoque prudentissimo dissentire.