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When I am thus
so clearly at a disadvantage in so many respects, shall this man now by making a
great to-do and outcry about his wrongs, rob me also of my mother's
marriage-portion? But do not, men of the jury, I beg you by Zeus and the Gods,
do not be overwhelmed by the noise he makes. He is a violent fellow, violent and
ready to go to all lengths; and he is so unscrupulous that, if he has no
witnesses to prove a fact, he will say that it is well known to you, men of the
jury,—a trick to which all those have recourse who have no just
argument to advance.
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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