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However, I
will pass that by, for fear I should stray from my immediate purpose by telling
one story after another. It is clear that you refused to contribute, not because
you were poor, but because you were careful not to do anything in opposition to
the party you serve in politics. Then on what occasions are you a man of spirit?
When are you a shining light? Whenever something is to be said in prejudice of
your fellow-citizens; then your voice is magnificent, then your memory is
wonderful; then we hear the great tragedian, the Theocrines1 of the legitimate drama.
1 Theocrines, a notorious informer; prosecuted in a speech attributed to Demosthenes.
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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