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For I, in my desire to refute him in every
particular, and in my attempt to make clear to you his tricks and his
villainies, asked him how large the sum was regarding which he demanded to
examine Milyas, as one who had
knowledge of the facts. To this he replied falsely, that it was in regard to the
whole amount. “Well then,” said I, “as to this I
will give up to you for examination by torture the slave who has the copy of
your challenge to me.
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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