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And did he, who never wronged a stranger,
wrong Callippus? And did the plaintiff, as he alleges, tender an oath to my
father as to one who was a worthy man and would tell no falsehood, and yet does
he now speak of him as a base fellow, who erases records of deposits? And, if my
father refused to take the oath, as the plaintiff claims, or to make payment,
how could he have escaped immediate condemnation? Who can believe this, men of
the jury? I certainly think no one can.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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