[8]
And even if they have not the
support of the laws, but it seems to you that what they say is in accordance
with justice and generosity, even so we withdraw our claim. However, that you
may know that, while we are by descent the nearest of kin, we do not rest our
case upon this alone, but upon all the other grounds as well, I will first
instruct you regarding the family itself from which the inheritance comes; for I
am sure that, if you follow with clear understanding this phase of the matter at
issue, you will have no difficulty in grasping any of the other facts.
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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