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And yet for the computation of the sums of which I had been
robbed, I relied not so much on this man's testimony, for there was no mention
of money in it, but on the several statements of the others, against whom the
plaintiff has made no charges. Therefore the jurymen who at that time heard my
plea, not only found him guilty, but fixed the damages at the full amount stated
in my complaint. Why was it, then, that he passed over the other witnesses and
sued the defendant alone? I will tell you.
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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