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Now the law of
Leptines, Athenians, does harm not only by abolishing the rewards of good
service and so rendering fruitless the good intentions of those who are
ambitious for honor, but also by leaving our city under the serious reproach of
imbecility. For you are of course aware that for each grave offence a single
penalty is provided by the law, which says explicitly that “at any
trial there shall be not more than one assessment of penalty, whichever the
court imposes, whether a personal punishment or a fine, but not both.”
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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