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I think your rejoinder to that
argument should be that the defendant's purpose in drafting the decree was, not
that it should be inoperative and have no disagreeable results,—for it
was open to him not to draft it at all, if he had wished to consult the best
advantage of the commonwealth;—but that you might be misled and
certain people might be enabled to carry through projects opposed to your
interests. That the decree has been challenged, that its operation has been
delayed, and that it has now become invalid, you owe to us; and it is
preposterous that the very reasons that ought to make you grateful to us should
be available as reasons for acquitting our opponents.
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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