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But here is
the strongest proof of all, which will convince you, men of the jury, of his bad
faith and covetousness. If there were any truth in what he says, he should have
stated it and proved it before the trial came on, and before he tested the jury
as to how it would decide; and he should have taken a number of witnesses and
demanded that the articles of agreement be taken from the custody of
Androcleides on the ground that I was violating them, and acting against his
interests, and that the articles were no longer in force between him and me;
also he should have protested to Androcleides, who had the articles in his
possession, that he had no longer anything to do with these articles.
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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