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Would it not indeed be absurd if, when Phormio
admits that he borrowed, but alleges that he has made payment, you should make
of none effect that which he himself admits and by your vote give effect to what
is under dispute? And if, when Lampis, on whose testimony my opponent relies,
after at first denying that he had received the money, now testifies to the
contrary, you should determine that he has received it, although there are no
witnesses to support the fact?
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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