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Do not throw this away, nor suffer this
abominable fellow to destroy it; do not establish a shameful precedent, that it
is permitted by you that rascals and sycophants should take the property of
those who are active in business and who lead well-ordered lives. Far greater
advantage accrues to you from this wealth while it remains in the possession of
the defendant. For you see for yourselves, and you hear from the witnesses, what
a friend he shows himself to be to those in need.
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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