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Now I beg
you to observe how candidly and honestly I am going to treat the question; for I
assign him to that class which entitles him to the greatest respect, though I do
deny his right to acquire illegally privileges not enjoyed by us who are
citizens by birthright,—the privileges, I mean, which the defendant
has specified in this decree. In the statute it is provided that the Council
shall take cognizance of homicide, intentional wounding, arson, and poisoning,
if a man kills another by giving him poison.
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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