[53] Now, then, men of the jury, the law-giver has not given these rights to the relatives without imposing upon them in the law a large number of duties, which the relatives must of necessity perform. No; there are full many obligations laid upon the relatives to perform for which the law admits of no excuse; they must absolutely be performed.
(To the clerk.)
But, preferably, read the law itself—the first one.The Law
Against Macartatus. Demosthenes. Augustus Taber Murray (Translator). London. 1939.
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