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And yet
what slave would wall in his master's land without orders from his master? But
having no other charge to bring against Callarus, they lodge suit against him
regarding the wall which my father built more than fifteen years before his
death. And if I give up my property, either by selling it to these men or by
exchanging it for other land, Callarus is guilty of no wrong, but if I do not
choose to give it up to them, then they are being wronged by Callarus in all
manner of grievous ways, and they look out for an arbitrator who will adjudge
the property to them, or for some sort of compromise by which they will get
possession of it!
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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