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I
feel sure that of all whom he has abused in his cups, each one looked upon the
tax as a necessary item of expenditure, but has been deeply wounded by all these
indignities and insults. I feel sure too that he was elected by you to collect
money due, and not to reproach every man with his private misfortunes and so
make them public. For if the charges were true, Androtion （and we all
have our undesirable experiences）, you had no right to publish them;
and if you invented them without any authority, is any punishment too light for
you?
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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