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I
therefore beg of you all, men of the jury, that, if I prove that Phaenippus here
has both transgressed the just provisions of the law and is a richer man than
myself, you will succor me, and appoint him in the list of the Three Hundred in
my stead; for it is on this account that the laws every year provide for the
tendering of exchanges, because to enjoy unbroken prosperity is not wont to be
the permanent fortune of any large number of our citizens. But I will tell you
all that has been done regarding the exchange from the very beginning.
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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