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ὡς δὲ τἀληθές τ᾽ ἔχει καὶ δίκαιόν ἐστι λέγειν, ἐγὼ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐρῶ. ἦσαν, ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀθηναῖοι, πολλοὶ τῶν πρότερον σπουδαῖοι, καὶ ἡ πόλις ἡμῶν ἐτίμα καὶ τότε τοὺς ἀγαθούς: αἱ μέντοι τιμαὶ καὶ τἄλλα πάντα τὰ μὲν τότ᾽ ἦν ἐπὶ τοῖς τότ᾽ ἔθεσιν, τὰ δὲ νῦν ἐπὶ τοῖς νῦν. πρὸς οὖν τί τοῦτο λέγω; ὅτι φήσαιμ᾽ ἂν ἔγωγ᾽ ἐκείνους οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὅτου παρὰ τῆς πόλεως οὐ τυχεῖν ὧν ἐβουλήθησαν.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher. Oxonii.e Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1903.
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