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My next point is this, gentlemen of the
jury. The law of Leptines explicitly states that "none, whether citizen or
enfranchised alien or foreigner, shall be exempt," and does not specify from
what, whether from the public service or from any other charge, but simply that
"none shall be exempt except the descendants of Harmodius and Aristogiton." The
word "none" must be taken to include all classes, and foreigner is not further
defined as resident at Athens.
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