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And in neither case is it to a living man, but to one
that is dead, that each of them makes himself an adopted son! But in our
opinion, men of the jury, you ought, when you shall have cast your vote
concerning the present case, then, and not till then, to find from among us, who
are nearest of kin, an adopted son for the deceased, in order that the family
may not become extinct.
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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