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For he is
older than I and is better acquainted with the laws. He has studied all these
matters with the greatest care, and he too has been wronged by this fellow
Stephanus so that no one can object to his seeking vengeance upon the one who
injured him without provocation. It is your duty, in the light of truth itself,
when you have heard the exact nature both of the accusation and the defense,
then and not till then to reach a verdict which will be in the interest of the
gods of the laws, of justice, and of your own selves.
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