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Why did you
prosecute Moerocles, because he had extorted twenty drachmas apiece from the
lessees of the silver-mines; why did you indict Cephisophon for misappropriating
sacred funds, because he was three days late in paying seven minas into the
bank, if, instead of prosecuting, you now try to rescue men who have confessed,
who have been caught in the act, who are convicted of taking bribes for the
destruction of our allies?
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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