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And, to crown all, today they would have appointed his
protectors by this resolution, if we had not laid the present indictment, and
the commonwealth would have done duty as his hired servant and lackey, keeping
guard over a Charidemus! A pretty business, is it not? Heaven help us! to think
that a man, who once shouldered a pike for hire in the service of your enemies,
should now be seen protected by your decree!
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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