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All these, men of Athens, are proofs of justice, of virtue,
of magnanimity. Then do not now destroy the very qualities on which throughout
its history our city's reputation is founded; do not, in order that Leptines may
vent his spite on men whom he dislikes, rob both yourselves and your city of the
fair fame that has been yours in every age; do not suppose that anything else is
at stake in this trial save the honor of Athens, whether it is to stand unimpaired as of old, or to pass
into neglect and degradation.
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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