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Such is the
real meaning of this affair, men of the jury, and such the legal rights of
inheritance, plainly stated; and you have also heard what amounts to a summary
of all that has been done from the start. But I consider it necessary to tell
you also of what they have done since the suit for the inheritance was
instituted, and the manner in which they have treated us; for in my opinion no
other people have ever in an inheritance suit been dealt with in a manner so
contrary to law as we have been.
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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