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For the ancestors of this present generation,
both their fathers and those who bore the names of these men in time past, by
which they are recognized by those of our race, never at any time wronged any
man, whether Greek or barbarian, but it was their pride, in addition to all
their other good qualities, to be true gentlemen and supremely just, and in
defending themselves they accomplished a long list of noble deeds.
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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