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The reason was, men of the jury, that Eubulides knew very well that, if an
opportunity of speaking should be granted me and if all the men of the deme
should be present to support me and the ballots honestly given out, those who
had leagued themselves with him would be nowhere!How these people came to form their conspiracy against me I will tell you, if
you wish to hear it, as soon as I shall have spoken about my parentage.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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