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And as Stephanus here sought to
deprive me of my relatives contrary to your laws and your decrees, so I too have
come before you to prove that Stephanus is living with an alien woman contrary
to the law; that he has introduced children not his own to his fellow-clansmen
and demesmen; that he has given in marriage the daughters of courtesans as
though they were his own; that he is guilty of impiety toward the gods; and that
he nullifies the right of your people to bestow its own favors, if it chooses to
admit anyone to citizenship; for who will any longer seek to win this reward
from you and to undergo heavy expense and much trouble in order to become a
citizen, when he can get what he wants from Stephanus at less expense, assuming
that the result for him is to be the same?
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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