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Now mark what follows; for the argument I now put before you is
plain and straightforward. You have sworn to give a verdict according to the
laws, and to the decrees of the people and of the Council of Five Hundred; the
conduct of the defendant when holding the office of ambassador has manifestly
violated those laws, those decrees, and the principles of justice; therefore he
must be convicted by an intelligent jury. If he had committed no other crime,
two only of his transgressions are sufficient to put him to death, for he has
betrayed Thrace as well as the Phocians
to Philip.
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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