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All this took place before the country had suffered
wrong, and before it was evident that the envoys had sold themselves,
immediately after the first return of the envoys, when the people had still to
hear their report, and when it was not yet known that Aeschines would support
Philocrates, or that Philocrates would move such a resolution. If he mentions
the incidents, bear in mind that the dates were earlier than their offences, and
that I have never since had any intimacy or any association with them. Read the
deposition.“
Deposition
”
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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