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I, however, will explain the case to you, as truth and justice
demand. There were, men of Athens,
plenty of zealous citizens in former generations, and our city even then honored
its good men; only honors then, like everything else, reflected the temper of
the times, just as they now reflect the temper of today. And why do I say this?
Because for myself I should be inclined to assert that they did get from the
State everything that they wished.
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