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In the first place, men of the jury, I say
that the defendant refused to refer our differences to our common friends and
relatives who had full knowledge of all the circumstances of the case, and had
followed them from the beginning; for this reason, that he had full knowledge
that if he made use of any falsehoods, he would be refuted by them on the spot,
whereas he thinks that now he may perhaps lie before you without being detected.
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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