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For in private life I do not observe that the young
man adopts that attitude towards his seniors, or that any human being is so
insensible or unreasonable that he refuses to do anything himself unless
everybody does the same; and indeed such a case would be covered by the laws for
ill-usage,1 for I suppose the contribution assessed by
both authorities, by nature and by law, ought to be brought honestly and paid
cheerfully to the parents.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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