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If, then, I can establish by clear
proofs that the reports of the defendant, Aeschines, were entirely untruthful,
and that he prevented the Assembly from hearing the truth from me; that his
counsels were totally opposed to your true interests; that he disobeyed all your
instructions when on embassy; that by his waste of time many important
opportunities were lost to the city; and finally that for all these
delinquencies he, as well as Philocrates, accepted presents and rewards;
pronounce him guilty and exact a penalty adequate to his crimes. But if I fail
to prove all these five charges, or any one of them, then call me an impostor,
and acquit him.
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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