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just as Thasos and
Byzantium then were friendly
to the Lacedaemonians and estranged from you—promised to hand them
over to you in return for the same rewards that you gave to Ecphantus of
Thasos and Archebius of Byzantium; and suppose some of these
gentlemen here objected to their proposal on the ground that it would be
monstrous if a select few of the resident aliens were to escape the public
services; how would you deal with their arguments? Is it not certain that you
would refuse to listen to such malignant pettifoggers? If so, then it is
disgraceful that you should consider such an objection malignant when you are
going to receive a benefit, but should lend an ear to it when it is proposed to
revoke your gifts to former benefactors. Now let us pass to another argument.
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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