[13]
The instance I have
quoted, men of Athens, as well many
others, will show what our national character is—truthful, honest,
and, where money is concerned, not asking what pays best, but what is the
honorable thing to do. But as to the character of the proposer of this law, I
have no further knowledge of him, nor do I say or know anything to his
prejudice; but if I may judge from his law, I detect a character very far
removed from what I have described.
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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