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Such incidents were frequent
under the old regulations, because the public services fell upon poor men, and
impossible demands were often made. I transferred the naval obligations from
needy to well-to-do people, and so the duty was always discharged. I also claim
credit for the very fact that all the measures I adopted brought renown and
distinction and strength to the city, and that no measure of mine was invidious,
or vexatious, or spiteful, or shabby and unworthy of Athens.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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