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You will be
well advised, men of Athens, to
grant me your attention, and give a favorable hearing to what I have to say. I
am not one of the orators who worry you; I am not one of the politicians who
enjoy your confidence; yet I undertake to convince you of the importance of this
transaction; and therefore, if you will cooperate with me to the best of your
power and listen to me with goodwill, you will avert this peril, and at the same
time you will overcome the reluctance of any of us plain citizens who may
believe himself able to do the State a good turn. And he will so believe, if
only he is satisfied that it is not difficult to get a hearing in this court;
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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