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I know that
the Presidents1 unite in a sacrificial service, dine
together, and make libation together; but it does not follow that the honest men
take their cue from the knaves; as soon as they detect one of themselves in
misconduct, they lay information before the Council and the Assembly. In just
the same way the Council holds its service of inauguration and its social
banquet; the commanders unite in worship and libation; and so of all, or nearly
all, the public authorities. Do they give impunity to delinquent colleagues on
account of these observances? No, indeed!
1 The fifty Prytanes, belonging to one tribe, and performing for one tenth of the year the functions of the Council of Five Hundred.
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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