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But no, the law does not exist, men of
Athens; only this man, with his
pettifogging spite, because, when I was in charge of the theatric fund, I added
gifts of my own to that fund, says, “Ctesiphon gave him a vote of thanks before he had rendered his
accounts.” Yes, but the vote of thanks did not concern the accounts
which I had to render; it was for my own donations, you pettifogger!
“But you were also a Commissioner of Fortifications.” Why,
that is how I earned my vote of thanks: I made a present of the money I had
spent, and did not charge it to the public account. The account requires an
audit and checkers; the benefaction deserves gratitude and formal thanks, and
that is the very reason for Ctesiphon's
proposition.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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