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For they are
convinced that if you offer a whole-hearted and unanimous opposition to Philip,
you will beat him and they will have no further chance of earning his pay, but
that if at the first alarm of war you throw the blame on certain persons and
devote your energies to bringing them to trial, they themselves by accusing them
will gain both their ends—reputation with you and money from him,
while you will punish the men who have spoken in your interests for the faults
which you ought to punish in their accusers.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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