488 CIVIL CHARACTER OF JULIUS C.ESAR. 



Thus being accomplished, the same thing was 

 the means of his downfal at last, which in his 

 beginnings was a step to his rise ; I mean, his affec 

 tion of popularity ; for nothing is more popular than 

 to forgive our enemies ; through which, either virtue 

 or cunning, he lost his life. 



