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When, however, the trial against him had
been decided, and he saw what your attitude was toward those who were too brazen
in their wrongdoings, he came to his senses, and concluded that I should appear
to be suffering outrageous treatment, if, after being robbed of such large sums,
I should be unable to recover anything whatever from Aphobus, who had my
property in his possession, but it should become clear that I was prevented by
the defendant from recovering anything.
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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