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for they are those who initiate
one another with the rites of Ithyphallus, and indulge in acts which decent
people cannot even speak of without deep disgrace, to say nothing of performing
them.But what has all this to do with me?
Why, for my part, I am amazed if they have discovered any excuse or pretext
which will make it possible in your court for any man, if convicted of assault
and battery, to escape punishment. The laws take a far different view, and have
provided that even pleas of necessity shall not be pressed too far. For example
（you see I have had to inquire into these matters and inform myself
about them because of the defendant）,
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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