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I rose and told you that he had never once left to
me anything that he wanted to say to Philip: he would sooner give a man a share
of his life-blood than a share of his speech. The truth is that, having accepted
money, he could hardly confront Philip, who gave him the money on purpose that
he might not restore Amphipolis.
Now, please, take and read these elegiac verses of Solon, to show the jury how
Solon detested people like the defendant.
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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