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When it came to fixing the penalty, the jurymen wished to impose a sentence of
death upon him, but I begged them to do nothing like that on a prosecution
brought by me, and I agreed to the fine of a talent which these men themselves
proposed,—not that I wished to save Arethusius from the death penalty
（for he deserved death on account of the wrongs which he had committed
against me）, but that I, Pasion's son, made a citizen by a decree of
the people, might not be said to have caused the death of any
Athenian.To prove that I have told you the
truth, I shall call before you witnesses to all these facts.“
Witnesses
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Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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