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Such was the language of this shameless and abandoned
reptile, though only the day before he had stepped out of Aristarchus's house,
though up till then he had been as intimate with him as anyone could be, and
though Aristarchus in the day of his prosperity had often importuned me to
settle my suit with Meidias out of court. Now if he said this to the Council,
believing that Aristarchus had actually committed the crime which has since
proved his ruin, and trusting to the tale told by his accusers, yet even so the
speech was unpardonable.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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