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For it is evident that, since you have
built your obstructing wall with large stones, the water will flow back upon my
land, and when it so chances, may with an unlooked-for rush throw down my wall.
However, I do not on this account claim damages from these men, but I shall
submit to the misfortune, and shall try to protect my own property. For I think
the plaintiff is acting wisely in walling in his land, but when he brings suit
against me, I hold that he is the basest of men and that some ailment has
impaired his wits.
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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