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Moreover, I cannot but think that there is something uncommonly impudent in
such a plea as that other people have before now got decrees of this
sort.—If, sir, an illegal act has already been done, and you have
imitated that act, that is no reason why you should be acquitted. On the
contrary, it is an additional reason why you should be convicted. If one of them
had been found guilty, you would never have moved our decree and similarly
another will be deterred, if you are found guilty today.
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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