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Besides, men of Athens, not one of you knows the number of the years, for I
shall say that I am the elder, and he will say that he is, but you all
understand the just way of reckoning. And what is this? That these men should be
considered children of my father from the date when he adopted them. Well then,
he entered me on the register of the demesmen as Mantitheus, before he
introduced this man to the clansmen. Therefore not by virtue of time only, but
also by virtue of justice I have the right to bear this name as a mark of
seniority.
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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