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Therefore, men of the jury, since I have shown you
all the just arguments which I have to present, and have furthermore added an
oath, it is but right that you should feel toward Conon on my behalf the same resentment which each one of you,
had he been the victim, would have felt toward the one who did the wrong, and
not to regard an act of this sort as a private matter which might fall to the
lot of any man. No; whoever may be the victim, bear him aid and give him the
redress that is his due, and loathe those who in the face of their crimes are
bold and reckless, but when they are brought to trial are impudent villains,
caring nothing for reputation or character or anything else, provided only they
can escape punishment.
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