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And, men of the
jury, while many misfortunes have befallen us in a short period of time because
of this fellow Theocrines, no one of them is more grievous than the present one,
that, namely, my father, to whom the wrong was done and who could set forth to
you the cruel and illegal acts of Theocrines, must keep silent （for the
laws so bid）, and I, who am unequal to all these tasks, must I do the
talking; and whereas other youths of my age are aided by their fathers, my
father now rests his hopes on me.
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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