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And justly so, men of
the jury. For you look to the witnesses and give your verdict as you do, because
you have believed the testimony which they have given. It is, therefore, to
prevent you from being deceived and those who come into your court from being
wronged that the lawgiver made the witnesses responsible. I, therefore, beg of
you hear me with goodwill, while I rehearse all the facts from the beginning, in
order that from these you may see the magnitude of the wrongs I have suffered,
and know that the jurymen were deceived and that these men have given testimony
which is false.
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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