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but hold fast to what you are convinced
is just, and bear it in mind until you vote, so that true to your oaths you may
cast your votes against the counsels of the wicked. If you punish with death
those who debase the coinage, I shall be surprised if you lend an ear to men who
render our whole State base and counterfeit. By all the gods, I will not believe
it of you. I think I need say no more, for I
believe you understand all my arguments.
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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