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Now, however,
that the affair has at length been exposed both by these men themselves and by
the laws, we hold that it is right for us to inherit the estate of Archiades,
and that the son to be adopted should come from us who have not been adopted
before, and not from them. For it was just, in my opinion, that the lawgiver, as
he laid upon the nearest of kin the duty of relieving the misfortunes of their
relatives, and of giving in marriage their women-folk, so also has given to
these same people as their due the right of inheriting and of sharing in the
good things.
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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