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Therefore, as I
have proved to you by an abundance of testimony and of circumstantial evidence
that my mother did bring a talent as her dowry; that I have not recovered it
from my father's estate; and that the house was set apart by us to secure its
payment; so do you demand of Boeotus that he prove to you, either that I am not
speaking the truth, or that it is not right that I should recover the
marriage-portion; for these are the questions regarding which you are now going
to cast your votes.
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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