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For if
he shall say that my mother did not bring with her a marriage-portion, while
their mother did, bear in mind that he is manifestly lying. To begin with,
Pamphilus, the father of this man's mother, died owing five talents to the
public treasury, and so far from there being any surplus proceeds for his
children after his property had been scheduled and confiscated, even his
indebtedness has not been paid in full, but to this day Pamphilus stands
inscribed as a debtor to the treasury. How, then, can it be that my father
received money from the estate of Pamphilus, which proved inadequate to pay in
full even the debt due to the city?
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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