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but Iphicrates
never went under cover of night to the goldsmiths' shops, he never ripped up the
costumes intended for the festival, he never bribed the instructor and hindered
the training of the chorus, he never played any of the tricks that Meidias
repeatedly practised. No, he submitted to the laws and to the wishes of his
fellow-citizens, and patiently witnessed the victory and the crowning of his
enemy. And he was right; for he felt that such submission was due to the
constitution under which he himself had enjoyed such prosperity.
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