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And there have been cases ere now when,
after the people had bestowed the gift, deceived by the arguments of those who
requested it, and an indictment for illegality had been preferred and brought
into court, the result was that the person who had received the gift was proved
to be unworthy of it, and the court took it back. To review the many cases in
ancient times would be a long task; I will mention only those which you all
remember: Peitholas the Thessalian, and Apollonides the Olynthian, after having
been made citizens by the people, were deprived of the gift by the court.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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