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I will, then, suggest a method by
which you may nevertheless reach a just conclusion and give a righteous verdict
today. By consideration among yourselves, gentlemen, you should form a true
conception of what should be included in the vindication which the state
requires of any ambassador. He is responsible then, in the first place, for the
reports he has made; secondly, for the advice he has offered; thirdly, for his
observance of your instructions; then there is the question of times and
opportunities; and, to crown all, whether he has done his business corruptly or
with integrity.
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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