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νῦν δὲ πρωτεύειν μὲν ὑμεῖς ἀξιοῦτε καὶ τὰ δίκαι᾽ ὁρίζειν τοῖς ἄλλοις, τὴν δὲ ταῦτ᾽ ἐφορεύσουσαν καὶ φυλάξουσαν δύναμιν οὔτε κατεσκεύασθ᾽ οὔτε κατασκευάζεσθε, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ πολλῆς μὲν ἡσυχίας καὶ ἐρημίας ὑμῶν ὁ Μυτιληναίων δῆμος καταλέλυται, ἐπὶ πολλῆς δ᾽ ἡσυχίας ὁ Ῥοδίων, ἐχθρός γ᾽ ὢν ἡμῖν, φαίη τις ἄν: ἀλλὰ μείζω χρὴ νομίζειν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, τὴν πρὸς τὰς ὀλιγαρχίας ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς τῆς προαιρέσεως ἔχθραν, ἢ τὴν πρὸς τοὺς δήμους ὑπὲρ ὧν ποτ᾽ ἂν ᾖ.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1903.
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