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1, 2. μελέτης, ἐπιμελείας, practice, study, referring to § 308.10-12.

3. τὰ...προῃρημένης, one which had made the interests of the fatherland its choice (προαίρεσιν), connected by καὶ to δικαίας. Cf. § 315.8.

4. ἔδει εἶναι, ought to have been, implying that in the case of Aeschines they were not so.—γενναίους: often used literally of fruits, as in Plat. Leg. 844 E, τὴν γενναίαν νῦν λεγομένην σταφυλὴν τὰ γενναῖα σῦκα ἐπονομαζόμενα (Bl.).

6. ἐμπορίου κατασκευὴν: (pro- bably) securing new commercial rights for Athens in some foreign seaport: see XX. 33, κατασκευάσας ἐμπόριον Θευδοσίαν, with Sandys's note.

7. ἀποδειχθεῖσιν, declared, open. Cf. ἀποδείξεις, 310.2.

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