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It appears that I have today to render
account of the whole of my private life as well as of my public transactions. I
must therefore renew my appeal to the gods; and in your presence I now beseech
them, first that I may find in your hearts such benevolence towards me as I have
ever cherished for Athens, and
secondly that they will guide you to such a judgement upon this indictment as
shall redound to the good repute of the jury, and to the good conscience of
every several juryman.
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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