Isocrates, To Philip
George Norlin, Ed.

[151] is visited upon us through one another. For example, it may be that even now the gods have assigned to me the task of speech while to you they allot the task of action,¹ considering that you will be the best master in that province, while in the field of speech I might prove least irksome to my hearers. Indeed, I believe that even your past achievements would never have reached such magnitude had not one of the gods helped you to succeed;