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You hear the
letter, men of Athens,—such a nice, courteous letter! But about the
Phocians, about the Thebans, about everything that Aeschines
reported—not a scrape of the pen! There is nothing in it that is
honest, as you shall see at once. For he tells you that he detained them that
they might help him to reconcile the Halians. Well, the reconciliation of the
Halians consisted in their being cast out of their homes, and their country
devastated. As for the prisoners, this man, who wanted to know what he could do
to oblige you, declares that the idea of getting them liberated never entered
his head.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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