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I refer to the city of Troezen,
to which it is my chief prayer that all the gods may be propitious, both because of its
goodwill to you and because of its kindness to me, and my second prayer is that, having
been delivered from this exile by you, I may be enabled to make repayment for kindnesses.
In this city, when certain persons, thinking to make themselves agreeable to me, ventured
to censure you for your arbitrary action in my regard, I preserved all reticence, as was
my duty, which I believe was the chief reason for their being moved to admiration of me
and honoring me in the name of the city.
Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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