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Why, what a preposterous absurdity a man must account this,
men of Athens, when for one and the
same transaction he sees one man punished with such severity as a criminal, and
another glorified as a benefactor from that day to this!To prove the truth of my narrative, you are, of course, my
witnesses in regard to the fate of the commander; for it was you who tried him,
cashiered him, reprimanded him;all this is within your knowledge. In respect of
the incidents at Perinthus and Alopeconnesus, please call the ships' captains as
witnesses.“
Witnesses
”
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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