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Such was our answer to him, men of the jury, and we demanded
of this fellow Dionysodorus that he should not disturb or annul the agreement
which these men themselves admitted to be binding, but that in regard to the
amount he should pay us what he himself acknowledged to be due and to leave the
settlement of the sum under dispute （with the understanding that the
money was available） to the decision of one or more arbitrators, as he
might prefer, to be chosen from among the merchants of this port. Dionysodorus,
however, would not listen to anything of this sort, but because we refused to
accept what he agreed to pay and cancel the agreement altogether, he has for two
years kept and made use of our capital;
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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