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Then do you suppose that Philip acts
on an entirely different principle from yours, and gives all those handsome
presents to Aeschines and his friends because they conducted their mission duly
and honestly in your interest? That is not so. You have observed the reception
he gave to the envoy Hegesippus1 and his colleagues. Not to mention other details, he
banished by proclamation the Athenian poet Xenocleides for offering them
hospitality as fellow-citizens. Such is his behavior towards your
representatives when they honestly speak out what they think; those who have
sold themselves he treats as he treated Aeschines and his friends. My argument
requires no other witnesses and no stronger proofs; nor can anyone erase these
proofs from your minds.
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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