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There are some other points that I consider no less necessary to mention than
those which I have already put before you. I will mention them and discuss them
briefly before I sit down. The leniency of your disposition, men of Athens, is a great asset and advantage to
all wrongdoers. Give me, then, your attention while I show that you have no
right to admit Meidias to the least share in that advantage. My view is that all
men during their lives pay contributions to their own fortunes,1
not only those which are actually collected and paid in, but others also.
1 See note on Dem. 21.101.
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