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He did it because Timarchus had moved in
the Council a decree making the conveyance of arms or ships' tackle to Philip a
capital offence. As evidence of that, let me ask how long Timarchus had been a
public speaker? A very long time; and during all that time Aeschines was in
Athens; yet he never took
offence, he never began to think it a shame that a man of such character should
make speeches, until he had visited Macedonia and sold himself. Please take and read the actual
decree of Timarchus.“
Decree
”
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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