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but when the Assembly
met, and we had to address the whole body of citizens, Aeschines took the first
turn of all of us. And here I most earnestly entreat you to verify my account by
your own recollections; for I am now relating transactions which ultimately
brought your affairs to complete and final ruin. He utterly ignored the duty of
giving a report of the doings of the embassy. He never mentioned the speeches
made to the Council, or told you whether he disputed the truth of my statement.
But he made such a fine speech, so full of big promises, that he carried you all
away with him.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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