[34]
Now
consider, men of Athens, whether it
is we who are abiding by the requirements of the contract, or whether it is
these men, who have sailed, not to the port agreed upon, but to Rhodes and Egypt, and who, when the ship has reached port safe and has not
been lost, claim to be entitled to an abatement of the interest, although they
have broken the agreement, and have themselves made a large profit by the
carrying of grain to Rhodes, and by
keeping and making use of our money for two years.
Demosthenes. 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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