There can not, I believe, be found a wretch so hard-hearted--I will not say among Athenians, but among any other people--who would be sorry to see poor men, men without the necessaries of life, receiving these bounties.
Demosthenes asserts that no one, regardless of origin, would begrudge the poor receiving necessary provisions.
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