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Well then, that he released me from all
claims, when I sold the slaves to him, I have proved to you; and that the laws
do not allow suits to be brought in such cases you have heard from the law which
has just been read. However, that no one of you, men of Athens, may suppose that
it is because I am at a disadvantage regarding the rights of the matters at
issue that I have recourse to this special plea, I propose to show you that in
every one of his charges against me his statements are false.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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