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I wish to read to you the decree
that was adopted on division, to show you that the whole business was managed by
collusion, and nothing was left to chance.—Take the decree, sir, and
read it to the jury.“DecreeDuring the first presidency, namely, that of the Pandionid
Tribe, and on the eleventh day of that presidency, it was moved by Epicrates
that, in order that the sacrifices may be offered, that provision may be
adequate, and that any lack of funds for the Panathenian Festival may be
made good, the Presidents of the Pandionid Tribe do tomorrow set up a
Legislative Committee, and that such Legislative Committee do consist of one
thousand and one citizens who have taken the oath, and that the Council
co-operate therewith in legislative business.”
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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