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Upon his saying this, I
answered that the reason I had taken no equipment from the docks was because,
“You,” said I, “have brought the stores into bad
repute. However, if you like, take this equipment of mine; if not, provide
equipment for yourself. As for the sailors and marines and rowers, if you say
that they have been corrupted by me, take over the ship, and get sailors and
marines and rowers for yourself, who will sail with you without pay. But take
over the ship, for it is not my place to serve any longer; the term of my
trierarchy has expired, and I have served four months beyond it.”
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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