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Well, I
suppose that you are satisfied that all this ruin and mischief was shamefully
and wickedly perpetrated by these men. For my part, gentlemen of the jury, I am
so reluctant to play the informer in these matters, or to ask you to do so,
that, if we are dealing with blunders due to stupidity or simplicity or any
other sort of ignorance, I acquit Aeschines, and invite you to do the like.
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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