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And furthermore, if it is
expedient for these principles to hold true, as we would declare, not only were you not
nullifying the laws where you released those men, but you were preserving the lifework of
those men who enacted the laws, first, by releasing Laches in compliance with the request
of Alexander and, secondly, by restoring Mnesibulus to his rights because of the sobriety
of his life.
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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