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I beg you, men of the jury, to come to the aid of my
father and myself, if our pleading shall seem just, and not suffer men who are
poor and without influence to be crushed by the lawless men marshalled against
us. For we have come before you relying upon the truth, well content if we are
permitted to obtain our legal rights; while our adversaries have from the first
never ceased to rely upon intrigue and the spending of money, and very naturally
in my opinion; for they readily make expenditures from funds which belong to
others, and so have provided themselves with a host of people who will speak in
their behalf and give false testimony.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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