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But surely, if I am
afraid to divert the water into the road, I should be a rash man indeed, if I
were to turn it into land. For when I am being sued for penalty because the
water flowing from the road spread over the plaintiff's land, what treatment in
heaven's name must I expect to meet at the hands of those who suffer damage from
the water overflowing from my own land? But if, once I have got the water on my
property, I am not to be allowed to drain it off either into the road or onto
private land, men of the jury, what course in the name of the gods remains for
me? I take it, Callicles will not force me to drink it all up!
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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