[34]
Prove, therefore, that your father was
not a defaulter, or that he left the prison, not by running away, but by paying
his debts. If you cannot prove that, then you had no right to move your
resolution; for the law makes you a partner in the disqualification of your
father, and being disqualified you had no right either to speak or move. Also
with regard to the laws which we have cited in court, I think that if he tries
to cheat and mislead you, gentlemen, you must give him the reply that I have
indicated.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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