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But for a
man who never once sought to bring me to justice for any public, nor, I will
add, for any private offence, whether for the city's sake or for his own, to
come into court armed with a denunciation of a crown and of a vote of thanks,
and to lavish such a wealth of eloquence on that plea, is a symptom of a
peevish, jealous, small-minded, good-for-nothing disposition. And the exhibition
of his turpitude is complete when he relinquishes his controversy with me, and
directs the whole of his attack upon the defendant.
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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