Cicero advised his brother, “Take care to employ on every day men of every rank and order and age. For one can conjecture from those very numbers how much strength and opportunity you will have in the assembly . . . . A daily throng to lead you down to the Forum brings a great reputation and great authority.”
No wonder the Pharisees envied Jesus for the throngs that surrounded Him.
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