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Surely, men of Athens, it is
strange and intolerable that the disasters of your allies have become the
emolument of your envoys, and that one and the same peace should have brought,
to the city sending ambassadors, the destruction of allies, dispossession of
property, ignominy in exchange for honor, and to the ambassadors themselves who
intrigued against the city, revenues, property, estates, and opulence in
exchange for penury. To prove the truth of my statement, call the witnesses from
Olynthus.“
Witnesses
”
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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