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But
inasmuch as, after a phrase of mere accusation, “if any man
kills,” without any such addition as “and is found guilty of
murder,” or, “is adjudged to have killed,” or,
“he shall submit to judgement for the murder,” or,
“he shall be liable to the same penalty as if he had killed an
Athenian,” he has omitted every just precaution, and has simply made
the man liable to seizure, do not be led astray, but be assured that in this
decree the laws have been absolutely contravened.
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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