[58]
And now I solemnly call your attention to
another point. I shall beg you not to be offended if I mention by name some
persons who have fallen into misfortune; for I swear to you that in doing so I
have no intention of casting reproach upon any man; I only want to show you how
carefully all the rest of you avoid anything like violent or insulting behavior.
There is, for instance, Sannio, the trainer of the tragic choruses, who was
convicted of shirking military service and so found himself in trouble.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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