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And I beg you, men of Athens, to consider what is admitted by
these men, and what is disputed; for in this way you will best sift the
question. They admit that they borrowed the money, and that they had contracts
made to secure the loan; but they claim that they have paid the money to Lampis,
the servant of Dio, in Bosporus. We, on
our part, shall prove, not only that Phormio did not pay it, but that it was
actually impossible for him to pay it. But I must recount to you a few of the
things that happened at the outset.
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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