If I were not conscious, gentlemen of the Council, that my accusers are seeking every possible means of injuring me, I should feel most grateful to them for this accusation; since I consider that the victims of unjust slander have the greatest service rendered to them by anyone who will compel them to undergo an examination of the record of their lives.
Before the Council: In Defense of Mantitheus at His Scrutiny. Lysias. W.R.M. Lamb (Translator). London. 1930.
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