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using language for which, as
Heaven is my witness, he deserves to die many times over. He told you that you
ought to forget the achievements of your forefathers; that you should not
tolerate all that talk about old trophies and sea-fights; and that he would
draft and enact a law forbidding aid to any Greeks who had not previously
brought aid to you. This speech the shameless reprobate found courage to make
while the ambassadors, whom you summoned from the Greek cities at his own
suggestion, before he had sold himself, were standing at his elbow and listening
to what he said.
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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