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Laws are styled
dissimilar when many arguments can be urged against
one, while the only point which can be urged against
the other is the actual subject of dispute. An
example is provided by the case in which a brave
man demands the pardon of a deserter as his reward.
For there are many arguments, as I have shown
above, which can be urged against the law permitting
a hero to choose whatever reward he will, but
the letter of the law dealing with the crime of
desertion cannot be overthrown under any
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circumstances save the choice of rewards to which I have
just referred.
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