Julius Caesar Funeral Speech

Brutus: Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor, that you may believe.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Brutus: If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar’s, to him I say that Brutus’ love to Caesar was no less than his.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Brutus: Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all freemen?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Brutus: As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him. But as he was ambitious, I slew him.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Brutus: Who is here so rude (uncivilized) that would not be a Roman? [...] Who is here so vile that will not love his country?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Brutus: With this I depart--that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself when it shall please my country to need my death.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Antony: Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral. He was my friend, faithful and just to me.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Anthony: He hath brought many captives home to Rome, whose ransoms did the general coffers fill. Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Antony: You all did see that on the Lupercal I thrice presented him a kingly crown, which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Antony: Bear with me, my heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, and I must pause till it come back to me.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5