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You will say it is I; I
shall say it is you.1 Well, suppose that after this the Archon summons us,
or any other magistrate, before whom the case is called. We do not obey the
summons; we do not undertake the service. Which of us is liable to the penalties
provided by law? And in what manner will the generals enter our names, if they
are listing names for a tax-company? or if they are appointing a trierarch? Or,
if there be a military expedition, how will it be made clear which of us is on
the muster-roll?
1 That is, each of them would seek to shift the burden of the required service, so that the other would have to bear it.
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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