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No, gentlemen; you must not yield to unworthy
emotion. If you are holding an examination for the office of herald, you do well
to look for a man with a fine loud voice; but if you are choosing an ambassador
or a candidate for public office, you seek an honest man, a man who exhibits a
proud spirit as your representative, and a spirit of equality as your
fellow-citizen. I, for example, showed no respect for Philip; I kept my respect
for the captives, I rescued them, I spared no effort. Aeschines, on the other
hand, grovelled at Philip's feet, sang his Hymn of Victory, and disregards you
altogether.
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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