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Thus in my
consciousness of innocence I thought it my duty to render my account and accept
my full legal liability, while Aeschines did not. Is my conduct then the echo of
his? Is it competent for him to lay before this court charges which he has never
made before? Assuredly not; and yet he will lay them, for a very good reason.
For you know that, ever since mankind and the criminal law first came into
being, no culprit has ever been convicted while confessing his guilt. They
vapor, they gainsay, they tell lies, they forge excuses,—anything to
evade justice.
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