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Columbia.

“O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts,

And men have lost their reason!

They, that have done this deed, are honorable;

What private griefs they have, alas, I know not,

That made them do it; they are wise and honorable,

And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you.

I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts;

I am no orator, as Brutus is:

I tell you that which you yourselves do know.”

— Julius Caesar, Act III, Scene II.