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He claims that
some other creditors of his have agreed to accept from him interest as far as
Rhodes, and that it would be hard
indeed if we should not make the same concession that they have made. And
thirdly, besides all this, he declares that the agreement requires him to pay
the money if the ship arrives safely, but that the ship has not arrived safely
in the Peiraeus. To each of these arguments, men of the jury, hear the just
answer that we make.
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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