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Now, to
satisfy you, Athenians, that every argument that we submit to you is based on
perfectly just grounds, and that not a single argument is intended to mislead
and deceive you, the clerk shall read the law drafted and proposed by us to take
the place of the present one, which we contend is mischievous. For our law will
show you that we take some care to ensure that you shall be saved from the
appearance of a dishonorable act; that if anyone objects to one of the
recipients, he can deprive him of his gift, if the objection is sound, after
trial in your courts; and also that those whose claim to the gifts none could
dispute shall keep them.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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