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Surely those who
are going to advocate a law and urge its necessity ought to show themselves
ready to obey existing laws; otherwise it is absurd for them to defend one law
as commissioners and violate another themselves. Take and read the law which I
cite.“
Law
”That, Athenians, is both an old and a
sound law,1 which the commissioners will be careful not to
violate, if they are wise.
1 But it seems to have become obsolete, for sound reasons.
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