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Now as regards the laying of the injunction and the legal points, I considered
that Lycurgus would deal adequately with them; and I also saw that he was
producing witnesses to the wickedness of the defendant. But I resolved to devote
my speech to those points which ought always to be considered and examined by
those who are deliberating in the interests of the State and of the laws; and I
will now proceed to deal with those points. But do you, men of Athens, in Heaven's name grant me the
privilege of addressing you on these topics in the way that suits my natural
bent and the scheme of my speech, for indeed I could not speak in any other way.
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