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βούλομαι δὲ πρὸ τούτων εἰπεῖν οἷς ἐπιχειρήσειν αὐτὸν ἀκήκο᾽ ἐξαπατᾶν ὑμᾶς: τοὺς γὰρ ὑπὲρ τούτων λόγους ἐμοὶ μὲν ἀναγκαιοτάτους προειπεῖν ἡγοῦμαι, ὑμῖν δὲ χρησιμωτάτους ἀκοῦσαι. διὰ τί; ὅτι τοῦ δικαίαν καὶ εὔορκον θέσθαι τὴν ψῆφον ὁ κωλύσας ἐξαπατηθῆναι λόγος ὑμᾶς οὗτος αἴτιος ἔσται. πολὺ δὴ μάλιστα πάντων τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ προσέχειν ὑμᾶς δεῖ, καὶ μνημονεῦσαι τοῦτον, καὶ πρὸς ἕκαστον ἀπαντᾶν, ὅταν οὗτος λέγῃ.
Demosthenes. Demosthenis.Orationes. ed. S. H. Butcher and W. Rennie. Oxonii. E Typographeo Clarendoniano. 1907 and 1921.
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