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You know very well why; but you shall hear the
reason again from me. They were conscious both of the patriotism and energy with
which I had conducted their business, and also of the dishonesty of you and your
friends; for, when the city had made a false step, you had acknowledged
relations which you had strenuously denied on oath in the days of prosperity.
They conceived that men who found impunity for their ambitions in our national
calamities had long been their secret, and were now their declared, enemies.
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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