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τάχα τοίνυν ἴσως καὶ τριηραρχίας ἐροῦσι, καὶ τὰ ὄνθ᾽ ὡς ἀνηλώκασιν εἰς ὑμᾶς. ἐγὼ δ᾽ ὅτι μὲν ψεύσονται, καὶ πόλλ᾽ ἀπολωλεκότες τῶν ὄντων αὑτοῖς, μικρὰ τῆς πόλεως μετειληφυίας, οὐ δικαίαν οὐδὲ γιγνομένην χάριν ἀξιώσουσι κομίζεσθαι παρ᾽ ὑμῶν, ἐάσω. ἀξιῶ δὲ καὶ αὐτός, ὦ ἄνδρες δικασταί, εἶναι τοῖς λῃτουργοῦσιν ὑμῖν ἅπασιν χάριν τιν᾽ ὑπάρχουσαν παρ᾽ ὑμῶν. τίσιν δὲ μεγίστην; τοῖς ὃ μὲν χρήσιμον τῇ πόλει τοῦ πράγματός ἐστι ποιοῦσιν, ὃ δ᾽ αἰσχρὸν ἅπαντες ἂν εἶναι φήσαιεν καὶ ὄνειδος, μὴ κατασκευάζουσιν.

Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1921.

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