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τίνος οὖν ποθ᾽ εἵνεκα ταῦθ᾽ οὕτω διεσπούδασται; ἴσον ἡγεῖτ᾽ ἀσέβημ᾽ ὁ ταῦτα διαιρῶν τόν τ᾽ ἀδικοῦντ᾽ ἐᾶν καὶ τὸν ἀναίτιον ἐκδιδόναι πρὸ δίκης. καίτοι εἰ περὶ τῶν ἀνδροφόνων τῶν ἤδη κεκριμένων τοσαύτη σπουδή, ὅπως λόγου καὶ κρίσεως καὶ πάντων ὁπόσ᾽ ἐστὶ δίκαια τεύξονται περὶ τῶν ὕστερον αἰτιῶν, ἦ που περί γε τοῦ μήθ᾽ ἑαλωκότος μήτ᾽ ἐγνωσμένου πότερον δέδρακεν ἢ οὒ καὶ πότερ᾽ ἄκων ἢ ἑκών, πάνδεινον γράφειν ὡς ἐκδοτέον τοῖς ἐγκαλοῦσιν.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher and W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1907 and 1921.
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