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But perhaps some witness （for this is the easiest course for those
who have chosen to do wrong and to bring baseless charges） will testify
for him against me. If then, I take action against the witness, how will he
prove that his testimony is true? By the articles of agreement? Well, then, let
there be no delay about this; let the one who has them bring forward the
articles at once. But if he says they have been lost, how, then, shall I find
means of refuting the false testimony brought against me? If the document had
been deposited with me, it would have been open to Apaturius to charge that I
had made away with it because of my guaranty;
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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