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You were raised from servitude to freedom, and from beggary to
opulence, by the favor of your fellow-citizens, and yet you are so thankless and
ill-conditioned that, instead of showing them your gratitude, you take the pay
of their enemies and conduct political intrigues to their detriment. I will not
deal with speeches which, on a disputable construction, may be called patriotic,
but I will recall to memory acts by which he was proved beyond doubt to have
served your enemies.
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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