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That
spirit is a spirit of compassion for the helpless, and of resistance to the
intimidation of the strong and powerful; it does not inspire brutal treatment of
the populace, and subservience to the potentates of the day.—And such
is your conduct, Timocrates; and therefore the jury will have better reason to
refuse you a hearing and condemn you to death than to acquit you for the sake of
Androtion.
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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