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I swear solemnly by Zeus, by Apollo, and
by Athena—for I will speak out, whatever the result may
be—for when this man was going about, trumping up the story that I had
abandoned the prosecution, I observed signs of disgust even among his ardent
supporters. And by heaven! they had some excuse, for there is no putting up with
the fellow; he claims to be the only rich man and the only man who knows how to
speak; all others are in his opinion outcasts, beggars, below the rank of men.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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