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But if, having no
trustworthy witnesses, nor any other proofs regarding the matters upon which he
is being sued, he shall try unscrupulously to introduce irrelevant arguments,
and if he indulges in outcries and protestations which have nothing to do with
the matter, I adjure you by Zeus and the Gods, do not tolerate it; nay, render
me the help that is my due, remembering in the light of all that I have urged
that it is far more just that you should by your verdict give my mother's
portion to my daughter for her dowry, than that Plangon and these men, in
addition to all the rest that they have done, should, in utter defiance of
justice, rob me also of my house, which was set apart to secure the payment of
the marriage-portion.
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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