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κατὰ δὲ τὸ ἔθος ἀεὶ συμβαίνει. καὶ μὴν εἰ δοκεῖ δυσχερὲς τὸ
ἀφαιρεῖσθαί τινος ἐξουσίας τὴν πόλιν, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀφαιρεῖσθε τὴν
ἐξουσίαν τοῦ φυλάττειν βέβαια τὰ δοθέντα τοῖς λαβοῦσιν. ὅτῳγὰρ ἂν ὑμεῖς δῶτε τὴν τιμήν, οὐκέτ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ὑμῖν τὸ ἐᾶν ἔχειν
αὐτόν: ἀλλ᾽ εἷς ἀνὴρ ἀεὶ τούτου κύριος, ὁ στρατηγῶν. καίτοι χεῖρόν
ἐστι τὸ ἔθει μὴ ἐφ᾽ ὑμῖν εἶναι τοῦ κατὰ νόμον κεκωλυμένου.
οἱ μὲν γὰρ οὐκ ἀφῄρηνται τὴν ἐξουσίαν τούτου τρόπον τινά, ὃ
πράττειν ἑαυτοὺς νόμῳ κεκωλύκασιν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀπέστησαν ἑκόντες διὰ
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