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Moreover, if you annul the decree, should anything happen to
Charidemus, the legitimate means of avenging him are still there. On the other
hand, if you let it stand, and if before he dies he maltreats any man, the man
whom he insults has been defrauded of his legal remedy. Therefore on every
ground the decree is contrary to law, and ought to be annulled.
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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