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The council has found Demosthenes guilty. Need
we enlarge on this? It has made its report on him, Athenians. Justice demanded
that, having been self-condemned, he should immediately be put to death. But now
that he has fallen into the hands of you who have been assembled by the people
and have sworn to obey the laws and the people's decrees, what will you do? Will
you ignore the claims of piety towards the gods and the justice recognized by
the world? No, Athenians, do not do so.
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