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Furthermore, my
father had four sons born of the same mother as myself, and when they died he
buried them in our ancestral tomb, which belongs in common to all members of the
gens; and no one of these kinsfolk ever made protest or prevented it or brought
suit. And yet, who is there who would have permitted persons having no
connection with the family to be placed in the ancestral tomb?To prove that these statements of mine also are true,
take the deposition.“
Deposition
”
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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