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With this example before his eyes,
who, men of Athens, will ever wish
to prove himself an honest man, or to go on embassy for nothing, if he is
neither to make money nor to be held more worthy of your confidence than those
who have made money? Today you are not merely adjudging this case: you are
legislating for all future time, whether every ambassador is basely to serve
your enemies for hire, or without fee or bribe to give his best service to you.
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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