Letter 651: Were we asking for something unjust, and is that why we failed?
Ἀκακίῳ. (361)
Ἀρ’ ἀδίκου τινὸς ἠξιοῦμεν τυχεῖν καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀπε-
τυγχάνομεν; ἢ τὸ μὲν πρᾶγμα δίκαιον, οἱ δὲ αἰτοῦντες οὐ-
δενὸς ἄξιοι; <ἢ> πέπρακται μὲν ἐκεῖνο, γνῶναι δὲ οὕπω
δύνημαι;
λῦσον δὴ τὴν ἀπορίαν καὶ νόμισον καὶ τὸ ὡς
μάτην ἠνωχλοῦμεν μαθεῖν κέρδος ἡμῖν ἔσεσθαι. τοῦ τε γὰρ
ἐκκρέμασθαι τηνάλλως ἀπαλλαξόμεθα καὶ ἴσως ἐπ’ ἄλλην βου-
Λὴν ἥξομεν.
αἰσχυνθεὶς οὖν εἰ μὴ καὶ ἡμᾶς, ἀλλὰ τὸν γεν-
ναῖον Εὐμόλπιον ἢ δὸς τὴν χάριν, εἰ μήπω δέδωκας, ἢ δή-
λωσον ὅτι δέδωκας, ἢ ὅτι ὄντως δώσεις ἐπίστειλον.
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