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Further, if it rested with those who file
these affidavits, there would be neither courts of justice nor trials; for the
nature of affidavits of objections is to bIock all these things and to prevent
all cases from being brought into the court-room—at least so far as
the will of the one swearing the affidavit goes. Therefore I think we should
regard such people as the common enemies of all men, and that they should never
receive any indulgence when they are on trial before you; for each one of them
comes into court, not under compulsion, but having chosen to incur the risk of
the oath.
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