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I am well aware, men
of Athens, that the defendant, Boeotus, will have no valid argument to advance,
but will have recourse to the statements he is always making, that my father was
induced by me to treat him with despite; and he claims the right, alleging that
he is older than I, to bear the name of his paternal grandfather. As to this, it
is better for you to listen to a few statements. I remember seeing him, before
he became a relative of mine, casually, as one might see anyone else, and
thought him younger than I, and to judge by appearances, much younger; but I
will not insist upon this, for it would be silly to do so.
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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