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When he too died, after being cruelly tortured, the fifth leaped up, saying,
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"I will not refuse, tyrant, to be tortured for the sake of virtue.
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I have come of my own accord, so that by murdering me you will incur punishment from the heavenly justice for even more crimes.
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Hater of virtue, hater of humankind, for what act of ours are you destroying us in this way?
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Is it because we revere the Creator of all things and live according to his virtuous law?
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