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ὧν μὲν τοίνυν ἕνεκ᾽ ἐρρήθη τὸ προβούλευμα, ἵνα κυρώσειεν ὁ δῆμος ἐξαπατηθείς, καὶ δι᾽ ἃ τὴν γραφὴν ἐποιησάμεθ᾽ ἡμεῖς ταυτηνί, βουλόμενοι κωλῦσαι, ταῦτ᾽ ἐστίν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι. δίκαιον δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἴσως ἔμ᾽ ὑπεσχημένον τρί᾽ ἐπιδείξειν, ἓν μὲν ὡς παρὰ τοὺς νόμους τὸ ψήφισμ᾽ εἴρηται, δεύτερον δ᾽ ὡς ἀσύμφορόν ἐστι τῇ πόλει, τρίτον δ᾽ ὡς ἀνάξιος τυχεῖν τούτων ᾧ γέγραπται, πάντων αἵρεσιν ὑμῖν δοῦναι τοῖς ἀκουσομένοις, τί πρῶτον ἢ τί δεύτερον ἢ τί τελευταῖον βουλομένοις ἀκούειν ὑμῖν ἐστιν.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher and W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1907 and 1921.
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