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ἴσως οὖν τῶν συνηγόρων
αὐτῷ τολμήσει τις εἰπεῖν, μικρὸν τὸ πρᾶγμα ποιῶν, ὡς οὐδὲν ἂν παρ᾽ ἕνα
ἄνθρωπον ἐγένετο τούτων: καὶ οὐκ αἰσχύνονται1
τοιαύτην ἀπολογίαν ποιούμενοι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ἐφ᾽ ᾗ δικαίως ἂν ἀποθάνοιεν. εἰ
μὲν γὰρ ὁμολογοῦσι τὴν πατρίδα αὐτὸν ἐκλιπεῖν, τοῦτο συγχωρήσαντες ὑμᾶς
ἐώντων2 διαγνῶναι περὶ
τοῦ μεγέθους: εἰ δ᾽ ὅλως μηδὲν τούτων πεποίηκεν, οὐ μανία δή που τοῦτο
λέγειν, ὡς οὐδὲν ἂν γένοιτο3 παρὰ τοῦτον;4
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