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If they declare that they have testified, one person
that he lived as ward under a will, another that he served as guardian, and
another that he has the will in his possession, demand of them, “What
will? What were the provisions contained in it?” For to the deposition
to which these men bore witness no one of the others has given corroborative
testimony. But if they try whining tactics, you should consider that the one
wronged is more deserving of pity than those about to be punished. If you act in
this way, you will succor me, and you will restrain these men from their
excessive adulation; and to your own satisfaction you will have rendered a
righteous verdict.
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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