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That you ought not, then, whether on
account of the indictments which have been read, or for any other reason, to
acquit Theocrines in defiance of all the laws concerning criminal informations,
is reasonably clear from what has been said. I think, however, men of the jury,
that you are not aware of the excuses of these men, of their accusations, and
their pretended enmities.
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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