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When, however, we
made no headway in talking about the agreement and our rights, we demanded that
he at any rate pay us back the amount loaned with the interest as originally
agreed upon. But the fellow treated us with such insolence as to declare that he
would not pay the interest stipulated in the agreement. “If,
however,” he said, “you are willing to accept the interest
calculated in proportion to the voyage completed, I will give you,”
said he, “the interest as far as Rhodes; but more I will not give.” Thus he made a law
for himself and refused to comply with the just terms of the agreement.
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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