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καὶ μὴν εἴ τις ἐκεῖν᾽ ὑπολαμβάνει, ποῦ δὲ γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ταῦτα; τί κωλύει κἀμὲ λέγειν, τίς δ᾽ ἂν ἀποκτείναι Χαρίδημον; ἀλλὰ μὴ τοῦτο σκοπῶμεν: ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδήπερ ἐστὶ τὸ φεῦγον ψήφισμα οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ἤδη γεγενημένῳ τινὶ πράγματι, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τοιούτῳ ὃ μηδ᾽ εἰ γενήσεται μηδεὶς οἶδεν, τὸ μὲν τοῦ μέλλοντος ἔσεσθαι κοινὸν ἀμφοῖν ὑπαρχέτω, πρὸς δὲ τοῦθ᾽ ὑποθέντες ἀνθρωπίνως τὰς ἐλπίδας οὕτω σκοπῶμεν, ὡς τάχ᾽ ἄν, εἰ τύχοι, καὶ τούτων κἀκείνων συμβάντων.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher and W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1907 and 1921.
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