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But
why reproach him for that imputation, when he has uttered calumnies of far
greater audacity? A m an who accuses me of Philippism— Heaven and
Earth, of what lie is he not capable? I solemnly aver that, if we are to cast
aside lying imputations and spiteful mendacity, and inquire in all sincerity who
really are the men to whom the reproach of all that has befallen might by
general consent be fairly and honestly brought home, you will find that they are
men in the several cities who resemble Aeschines, and do not resemble me.
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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