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τί δ᾽, ἂν ἄρα (δεῖ γὰρ ἅπαντα ἡμᾶς ἐξετάσαι) ἅτερος ἡμῶν πείσας τὸν ἕτερον, ἐὰν λάχῃ, παραδοῦναι αὑτῷ τὴν ἀρχήν, οὕτω κληρῶται, τὸ δυοῖν πινακίοιν τὸν ἕνα κληροῦσθαι τί ἄλλ᾽ ἐστίν; εἶτ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ᾧ θάνατον ζημίαν ὁ νόμος λέγει, τοῦθ᾽ ἡμῖν ἀδεῶς ἐξέσται πράττειν; ‘πάνυ γε: οὐ γὰρ ἂν αὐτὸ ποιήσαιμεν.’ οἶδα κἀγώ, τὸ γοῦν κατ᾽ ἐμέ: ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ αἰτίαν τοιαύτης ζημίας ἐνίους ἔχειν καλόν, ἐξὸν μή.
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