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For ourselves, men of the jury, if the
deceased had adopted anyone, even though the law does not allow it, we should
have submitted; or, if he had left a will, we should also have been ready to
abide by that; for from the beginning this has been our position; we made no
objection to their holding the property and returning to their original family
in whatever manner they pleased.
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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