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You have heard,
men of Athens, the relatives of my
father on the male side both deposing and swearing that my father was an
Athenian and their own kinsman. And surely not one of them would commit perjury
with imprecations on his own head in the presence of those who would know that
he was forswearing himself.Now take also the
depositions of those related to my father on the female side.“
Depositions
”
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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