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Your policy of bearing succor to the Greeks did not originate in my
statesmanship and my principles. If you were to acknowledge that my influence
caused you to resist a despotism that threatened the ruin of Greece, you would bestow on me a favor greater
than all the gifts you have ever conferred on anyone. I do not claim that favor;
I cannot claim it without injustice to you: and I am certain that you will not
grant it. If Aeschines had acted an honest part, he would never have indulged
his spite against me by impairing and defaming the noblest of your national
glories.
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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