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In the meantime what do I hold to be just,
and what am I prepared to do, men of the jury? To show you that I am an Athenian
on both my father's and my mother's side, and to produce to prove it witnesses
whose veracity you will not question, and to break down the calumnies and the
charges brought against me. It will rest with you, when you have heard my
statements, if you conclude that I am a citizen and the victim of a conspiracy,
to come to my rescue; but if you reach a different conclusion, to act in
whatever way your regard for your oaths may bid you. I will begin with this
proof.
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