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And yet, even if we
grant freely that the whole Council is on its trial, reflect how much more
advantage you will gain if you condemn Androtion, than if you do not. If you
acquit him, the talkers will rule in the Council chamber, but if you convict
him, the ordinary members. For when the majority see that they have lost the
crown through the misconduct of the orators, they will not leave the transaction
of business in their hands, but will depend on themselves for the best advice.
If this comes to pass, and if you are once rid of the old gang of orators, then,
men of Athens, you will see
everything done as it ought to be. For this, if for no other, reason you ought
to convict.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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