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Why have I begun by
reviving these memories and quoting those old speeches? My first and chief
object, men of Athens, is that, when
you hear me relate some performance that seems to you atrocious and incredible,
no one may ask in surprise: “Then why did you not speak out and give
us this information instantly?”
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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