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same time in preferring this request, he made statements which are quite
inconsistent with his present actions. For he said that even if he should not
obtain what he asked of my father, he would not be angry, as another might who
failed to obtain what he wanted, but would show his gratitude, if he should ever
find himself able to do so, for the services which my father had rendered him at
his request. On hearing this my father was pleased at his words and commended
him for remembering the favors shown him, and promised to do all that he asked.
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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