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The
hand that wrote them was constrained, not by Macedonian gifts, as my accusers
falsely allege, but by the need of the moment, the interest of my country, and
the generosity of the king. For he entered the war as our foe but emerged from
the struggle as a friend, awarding to the vanquished the prize of the victors.
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