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Then he
goes about, saying that Nicocles testified that he had served as guardian under
the will, and Pasicles that he had lived as ward under the will. But for my part
I hold that these very facts are proofs that neither these witnesses nor those
have testified to the truth. For a person who testifies that he served as
guardian under a will should certainly know what the nature of the will was, and
a person who testifies that he lived as ward under a will should certainly know
what the nature of the will was.
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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