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Such then is the history of the first
act of knavery on Philip's part, and venality on the part of these dishonest men
at the time of the embassy. For that act I avow that I was then, am still, and
ever shall be their enemy and their adversary. I will next exhibit an act of
still greater turpitude which comes next in order of time.
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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