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however one may speak, will be seen to be
just. It would be my wish, men of Athens, that
you become equally willing listeners when you are being defended, and not, through having
been beguiled, become all too eager to praise the speeches of these men. For no one would
go on judging it vice on your part if you have been led astray by some clever speaker, but
it would be thought vice on the part of those who devoted their energies to deceiving
you.
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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