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You know that evidence has already
been given before the Assembly,—and that evidence shall now be
repeated,—that I had started with a talent in my pocket for their
ransom; and therefore, to rob me of a patriotic act, Aeschines persuaded Philip
to write these words. Now for the most important point. The man who, in the
first letter, which we brought home, wrote these words: “I would write
more explicitly of the benefits I intend to confer on you, if I were certain
that the alliance will be made,”—this man, now that the
alliance has been made, says that he does not know how he can gratify you. Not
know the very thing he promised! Why, he must have known it, unless he was
hoodwinking us throughout. To prove, however, that he did so write at that time,
please take and read the actual passage from the first
letter,—beginning here. Read.“
Excerpt from the letter
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