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ὧν τοῖς βελτίοσι πειθόμενοι καὶ κατὰ ταὔθ᾽ ἡμῖν θέμενοι τὴν ψῆφον, αὐτοί θ᾽ ἃ προσήκει δόξετ᾽ ἐγνωκέναι, καὶ τῇ πόλει τὰ κράτιστ᾽ ἔσεσθ᾽ ἐψηφισμένοι, κἄν τις ἄρ᾽ ἔλθῃ ποτὲ καιρός, οὐκ ἀπορήσετε τῶν ἐθελησόντων ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν κινδυνεύειν. ὑπὲρ οὖν τούτων ἁπάντων οἶμαι δεῖν ὑμᾶς σπουδάζειν καὶ προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν, ὅπως μὴ βιασθῆθ᾽ ἁμαρτάνειν. πολλὰ γὰρ ὑμεῖς, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, πολλάκις οὐκ ἐδιδάχθηθ᾽ ὡς ἔστι δίκαια, ἀλλ᾽ ἀφῃρέθηθ᾽ ὑπὸ τῆς τῶν λεγόντων κραυγῆς καὶ βίας καὶ ἀναισχυντίας.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1903.
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