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That, therefore,
the man who sold us the property was the man who had been the original
purchaser; that under the agreement the plaintiff rented the mining
establishment and the slaves, recognizing them as belonging to us; that I was
not present at the transactions which subsequently took place between the
plaintiff and Evergus, and indeed was not even in Athens; that he brought suit
against Evergus, and never made any charge against me,—all this, men
of the jury, you hear from the witnesses.
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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