[Footnote144:AtAthens，thesonswereequal；butthepoordaughterswereendowedatthediscretionoftheirbrothers。SeethepleadingsofIsaeus，intheviithvolumeoftheGreekOrators，illustratedbytheversionandcommentofSirWilliamJones，ascholar，alawyer，andamanofgenius。]
[Footnote145:InEngland，theeldestsonalsoinheritsalltheland；alaw，saystheorthodoxJudgeBlackstone，CommentariesontheLawsofEngland，vol。ii。p。215，unjustonlyintheopinionofyoungerbrothers。Itmaybeofsomepoliticaluseinsharpeningtheirindustry。]
[Footnote146:Blackstone\'sTablesvol。ii。p。202representandcomparethedecreesofthecivilwiththoseofthecanonandcommonlaw。AseparatetractofJuliusPaulus，degradibusetaffinibus，isinsertedorabridgedinthePandects，l。xxxviii。
tit。x。IntheviithdegreeshecomputesNo。181024persons。]
[Footnote147:TheVoconianlawwasenactedintheyearofRome584。TheyoungerScipio，whowasthen17yearsofage，Frenshemius，Supplement。Livian。xlvi。40，foundanoccasionofexercisinghisgenerositytohismother，sisters，&c。Polybius，tom。ii。l。xxxi。p。1453—1464，editGronov。，adomesticwitness。]