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I should have
deserved death! Men of Athens, you
jurymen are not to judge public and private causes in the same temper. You look
at contracts of everyday business in the light of relevant statutes and facts,
but at questions of public policy with due regard to the proud traditions of our
forefathers. If you feel bound to act in the spirit of that dignity, whenever
you come into court to give judgement on public causes, you must bethink
yourselves that with his staff and his badge every one of you receives in trust
the ancient pride of Athens.
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