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And yet, though the facts are such and demonstrated to be such, he
has the amazing impudence to tell you that I am to blame for the terms of peace,
and that I stopped the city from arranging the terms in conjunction with a
congress of the Greek states. Why, you, you—but I can find no epithet
bad enough for you—was there any single occasion when you, having
observed me in your presence trying to rob the state of a negotiation and of an
alliance which you have just described as of the greatest importance, either
made any protest, or rose to give the people any information whatsoever about
the proceeding which you now denounce?
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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