[45]
I will not
discuss too minutely what character we must assign to an admirer of
Aristogeiton, for fear lest I should be committed to a long tirade of
vituperation. But one thing I will say. If Aristogeiton is in plain language a
rascally and malicious blackmailer, the sort of man in fact that he professes to
be, then you have my hearty consent, Philocrates, to support one who so closely
resembles you; because, if every one else does his duty and upholds the law, I
do not think that your attitude will produce any effect.
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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