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It also occurs to my mind, men of Athens, that Aristocrates, having no
straightforward or honest defence, nor indeed any defence at all, to offer, will
resort to such fallacious arguments as this,—that many similar decrees
have been made before now in favour of many persons. That is no proof,
gentlemen, of the legality of his own proposal. There are many pretences by
which you have often been misled.
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