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For if what occurred took place against their will,
and the ship was really disabled, afterwards, when they had repaired the ship,
they would surely not have let her for a voyage to other ports, but would have
despatched her to Athens to make
amends for the involuntary accident. As it is, however, they have not only made
no amends, but to their original wrongdoings they have added others greater far,
and have come here to contest the suit as it were in a spirit of mockery,
assuming that it will rest with them, if you give judgement against them, merely
to pay the principal and interest.
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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