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ταῦτα δ᾽ ἐμοῦ μεταξὺ λέγοντος, ἀναβοᾷ παμμέγεθες Δημοσθένης, ὡς ἴσασι πάντες οἱ συμπρέσβεις:1 καὶ γὰρ πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις κακοῖς βοιωτιάζει. ἦν δ᾽ οὖν παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ τοιαυτὶ τὰ λεγόμενα: ‘ἅνθρωπος2 οὑτοσὶ ταραχῆς καὶ τόλμης ἐστὶ μεστός: ἐγὼ δὲ ὁμολογῶ μαλακὸς εἶναι καὶ τὰ δεινὰ πόρρωθεν δεδιέναι, ἀπαγορεύω μέντοι μὴ συνταράττειν ἡμᾶς πρὸς ἀλλήλας τὰς πόλεις, τὸ μὴ πολυπραγμονεῖν ἡμᾶς τοὺς πρέσβεις μηδέν, τοῦτ᾽ ἀγαθὸν ὑπολαμβάνων εἶναι.’

1 συμπρέσβεις Cobet: συμπρέσβεις ἡμῶν MSS.

2 ἅνθρωπος Sauppe: ἄνθρωπος MSS.

Aeschines. Aeschines with an English translation by Charles Darwin Adams, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1919.

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