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But in my
opinion, if for nothing else, yet for those harangues that he delivers at every
opportunity and for the occasions that he chooses for them, he would deserve the
severest penalty. For of course you know that if any welcome news is brought to
the city, such as we all rejoice to hear, Meidias has never on any of those
occasions been found in the ranks of those who share in the public satisfaction
or the public rejoicings;
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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