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All this he has endured at
the hands of Meidias, and from the wealth and pride of Meidias, because he
himself is poor and friendless and just one of the multitude. If in violation of
the laws he had accepted the fifty drachmas and changed his verdict from a
condemnation to an acquittal, he would now be a full citizen, untouched by harm
and sharing with the rest of us in our common rights; but because he disregarded
Meidias in comparison with justice and feared the laws more than his threats,
therefore he has met with this great and terrible misfortune through the act of
this man.
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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