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I do not reckon among his
misdeeds those campaigns of his early life, in which he served against
Athens as a slinger or
light-infantry man; nor that he once owned a piratical ship and preyed on your
allies. But I pass these things by. And for what reason? Because, gentlemen,
hard necessity does away with all consideration of what anyone should or should
not do; and therefore in such matters a candid examiner must not be too
fastidious. But let me tell you of the mischief he did to you at the outset of
his career as a mercenary officer with troops under his command.
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