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for I shaped my
policy, men of Athens, not with an eye to
helping you get the better of one another, nor whetting the State against itself, but
furthering measures from which I thought a reputation for magnanimity would redound to
you. With such aspirations you should all be delighted, and especially the younger men,
not looking for someone who will always play the lackey to win your favour in his public
conduct—for of this type there will never be a dearth—but for one who,
actuated by loyalty, will even rebuke you for your errors of judgement.
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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