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It is not
right, then, men of the jury, that you any more than we should listen to those
who will declare that they are going to speak in the interest of Theocrines
because of their enmity to Demosthenes. No; if they are in truth enemies of
Demosthenes, you should bid them bring their indictments against him, and not
permit him to propose illegal decrees. These people too are clever, and you are
more apt to give them credence. They will not, however, take the course which I
mention. For what reason? Because they claim to be at war with one another,
although they are not at war.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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