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But the most outrageous act of all I fancy
they would hardly say that I myself contrived. For hardly had my misfortune come
about, when immediately, as if I were already an exile and a ruined man, some of
these people went by night to my cottage in the country and attempted to carry
off what was there; so utter was their contempt for you and for your laws. If
you wish, I will call persons who know the facts.
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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