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They declare that they did not sell
their father's estate for the money which they received, nor did they give up
the property, but that all that was left them—credits, furniture, and
even money—still belongs to them. I, for my part, know by hearsay that
Xenopeithes and Nausicrates1 left their entire
property in outstanding debts, and possessed very little tangible property; and
that when the debts had been collected and some furniture and slaves had been
sold, their guardians purchased the farms and lodging-houses, which our
opponents received from them.
1 The former was the uncle, the latter the father of the plaintiff.
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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