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He said that Euctemon was retaining
your taxes, and he undertook to prove the charge or pay the sum out of his own
pocket. On that pretext he got you to vote for the dismissal of an official
appointed by lot, and so wormed his way into a collectorship. He delivered
sundry harangues on the subject, telling you that you had a choice of three
courses, either to break up the sacred plate, or to impose a fresh tax, or to
squeeze the money out of the defaulters; and you naturally chose the last.
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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