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“I do not wish,” I said, “either to acquit or to
accuse any man; I want the guilt to be detected and the innocent cleared by
plain fact. Therefore let any man who chooses stand up and come forward, and
declare that he had no part in Philocrates' doings, and does not approve them.
Every man who does this,” I added, “I acquit.” No
doubt you remember the incident. Well, no one came forward or presented himself.
The rest had various excuses:
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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