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And yet, to have been honored with the hand of
his mistress was of itself enough to make this fellow content, whereas in my
father's case, even if he received as much money as these people allege that he
gave, it was not reasonable for him to make this arrangement.1
Nevertheless, to things which are proved to be false by the probabilities, the
dates and the facts, to these this man Stephanus has not hesitated to depose.
1 That is, it would not have been reasonable for him to leave his wife to his former slave even if he had received as a bribe the large sum which he is alleged to have given as a 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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