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εἰ γὰρ ἡ μὲν πρᾶξις αὕτη ἔσται, ὥσπερ εἴωθε γίγνεσθαι, λάθρᾳ καὶ ἐν ἐρημίαις καὶ ἐν ἰδίαις οἰκίαις, ὁ δὲ ἄριστα μὲν εἰδώς, καταισχύνας δέ τινα τῶν πολιτῶν, ἐὰν τἀληθῆ μαρτυρήσῃ, ἔνοχος ἔσται τοῖς μεγίστοις ἐπιτιμίοις, ὁ δὲ κρινόμενος καταμεμαρτυρημένος ὑπὸ τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ βίου καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας ἀξιώσει μὴ ἐξ ὧν γιγνώσκεται, ἀλλ᾽ ἐκ τῶν μαρτυριῶν κρίνεσθαι, ἀνῄρηται ὁ νόμος καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια, καὶ δέδεικται φανερὰ ὁδός, δι᾽ ἧς οἱ τὰ μέγιστα κακουργοῦντες ἀποφεύξονται.
Aeschines. Aeschines with an English translation by Charles Darwin Adams, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1919.
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