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and that differs from being taken to the house of the
prosecutor in this respect, men of Athens,—that the captor who carries a man to the
judges gives control of the malefactor to the laws, while the captor who takes
him home gives such control to himself. In the former case punishment is
suffered as the law enjoins; in the latter, as the captor pleases; and of course
it makes a vast difference whether the retribution is controlled by the law or
by a private enemy.
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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