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From these examples it may
be clearly discerned that the man who is most vigilant in defence of his country
and most vigorous in his opposition to treason—he is the man,
Aeschines, who provides you traitors and mercenaries with something that you can
betray for a bribe; and, if you are still secure and still drawing your pay, you
owe this to the great majority of these citizens, and to those who thwarted your
purposes—for your own efforts would long ago have brought you to
destruction.
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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