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ἅμα γὰρ τά τε τούτων πνεύματ᾽ ἀπηλλάγη τῶν οἰκείων σωμάτων, καὶ τὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἀξίωμ᾽ ἀνῄρηται. μεγάλην μὲν οὖν ἴσως ὑπερβολὴν δόξομεν λέγειν, ῥητέον δ᾽ ὅμως: ὥσπερ γάρ, εἴ τις ἐκ τοῦ καθεστηκότος κόσμου τὸ φῶς ἐξέλοι, δυσχερὴς καὶ χαλεπὸς ἅπας ὁ λειπόμενος ἂν ἡμῖν βίος γένοιτο, οὕτω τῶνδε τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἀναιρεθέντων ἐν σκότει καὶ πολλῇ δυσκλείᾳ πᾶς ὁ πρὸ τοῦ ζῆλος τῶν Ἑλλήνων γέγονεν.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1931.
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