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For my father, men of the jury, when he saw that he was not to recover from
his sickness, called together these three men, and causing his brother Demon to
sit with them by his side, placed our persons in their hands, calling us a
sacred deposit. My sister he gave to Demophon with a dowry of two talents to be
paid at once, and betrothed her to him in marriage; me, together with my
property, he committed to the care of them all in common, charging them to let
the property, and by their joint efforts to preserve the estate for me.
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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