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But the others, I see, in consequence of the Assembly that was held two days ago,1 are no longer sparing their money, but are purchasing their lives from the speakers, from their enemies, and from the Committee,2 and are corrupting numerous Athenians with hard cash. It is your duty to clear yourselves of that suspicion by punishing this man today, and to make it plain to all people that there is no sum large enough to overcome you in your purpose of exacting requital from the guilty.
Lysias. Lysias with an English translation by W.R.M. Lamb, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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