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καὶ τοῦθ᾽ οὕτω τὸ δίκαιον ἐν πᾶσιν ἰσχύει, ὥστ᾽ ἐὰν ἑλών τις ἀκουσίου φόνου καὶ φανερῶς ἐπιδείξας μὴ καθαρόν, μετὰ ταῦτ᾽ αἰδέσηται καὶ ἀφῇ, οὐκέτ᾽ ἐκβαλεῖν κύριος τὸν αὐτόν ἐστιν. εἶθ᾽ ὑπὲρ μὲν ψυχῆς καὶ τῶν μεγίστων οὕτως ἰσχύει καὶ μένει τὸ ἀφεῖναι, ὑπὲρ δὲ χρημάτων καὶ ἐλαττόνων ἐγκλημάτων ἄκυρον ἔσται; μηδαμῶς. οὐ γὰρ εἰ μὴ τῶν δικαίων ἐγὼ παρ᾽ ὑμῖν τεύξομαι, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστι δεινότατον, ἀλλ᾽ εἰ πρᾶγμα δίκαιον ὡρισμένον ἐκ παντὸς τοῦ χρόνου νῦν καταλυθήσεται.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1921.
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