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If, men of Athens, the most serious offence committed by Aristocrates had
been that in his decree he was so solicitous for the safety of such a man as I
undertake to prove Charidemus to be that he provided a special and illegal
penalty, in case anything happened to him, I should have tried to deal with that
point at once, for the purpose of proving that the man is very far from
deserving the favour of this decree. There is, however, a much graver iniquity
involved in the decree, of which you must first be informed, and against which
you must take precaution.
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