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In what cases then do you think impeachments should be used? Your answer has already been embodied in detail in the law, so as to leave no room for doubt. “If any person,” it says, “seeks to overthrow the democracy of the Athenians.” Naturally, gentlemen of the jury; for a charge like that admits of no excuse from anyone nor of an oath for postponement.1 It should come directly into court.
Hyperides. Minor Attic Orators in two volumes, 2, with an English translation by J. O. Burtt, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1962.
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