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He had the advantage over me in being the
first speaker, because this was a special plea and the case was not coming to
trial upon the real issue, and by reading these documents and making other false
statements which he thought would favor his case, he made such an impression on
the jury that they refused to hear a single word from me. I was fined one-sixth
of the amount claimed,1 was denied the right of a hearing, and was treated with such
contumely as I doubt if any other man ever was, and I went from the court, men
of Athens, taking the matter bitterly and grievously to heart.
1 See note a on p. 50 of vol. 1.
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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