Had it been possible for you, at a first hearing, to discover the trick that had been played, you would not, perhaps, have been deceived at the outset;
[2]
If,
then, it is your desire to learn the truth about this business, and to give a
righteous and legitimate verdict on the indictment, you must not confine your
attention to the mere phrasing of the decree, but also take into consideration
its probable consequences.
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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