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For I received no pay from the
general for the space of eight months, and I sailed home to Peiraeus with the
ambassadors because my ship was the fastest sailer, and again, when I was
ordered by the people to take Menon the general to the Hellespont to replace
Autocles, who had been removed from his command, I set sail on short notice from
Athens. In the place of the seamen who had deserted I hired others, giving them
large bonuses and advance payments, and I gave to those of the original sailors
who stayed with me something to leave behind for the maintenance of their
households in addition to what they had before;
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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