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[120] I have chosen to begin with a period rather remote for these reasons: first, because I consider that those who lay claim to superior excellence ought from the very beginning of their race to be distinguished above all others,¹ and, second, because I should be ashamed if, having spoken at undue length of men who, though noble,² are nowise akin to me, I should not even briefly mention those of our ancestors who most excellently governed our city,

1 See Isoc. 4.25.

2 See Isoc. 12.72 ff.

Isocrates. Isocrates with an English Translation in three volumes, by George Norlin, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1980.

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