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But you, with full knowledge of the facts,
ignored their offences against me, and only considered their punishment. Yet I
robbed neither them nor you of the island, but only the pirate chief, Sostratus.
Now, if you say that you handed it over to Sostratus, you admit that you employ
pirates; if he captured it against your wishes, why this indignation against me
for taking it and making the district safe for traders?
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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