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Consider what you prefer, that I may begin with
that.—You wish me to deal first with the illegality? Very well; I will
do so. There is a favour which I not only ask but claim from you
all,—with justice, as I am inclined to think. I beg that none of you,
men of Athens, taking a partisan
view, because you have been deceived in Charidemus and look on him as a
benefactor, will give an unfriendly hearing to my remarks on the point of law.
Do not, for that reason, rob yourselves of the power to cast an honest vote, and
me of the right to present my whole case as I think fit. You must listen to me
in the manner following,—and observe how fairly I will put it.
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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