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That is what I did, Aeschines, when the
marshal put the question, “Who wishes to speak?” He did not
ask, “Who wishes to rake up old grievances?” or,
“Who wishes to be answerable for the future?” In those days
you sat speechless at every assembly; I came forward and spoke. You had nothing
to say then; very well,—show us our duty now. Tell me what plan I
ought to have discovered. Tell me what favorable opportunity was lost to the
state by my default. Tell me of any alliance, or any negotiation, to which I
ought by preference to have introduced the people.
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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