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It is the duty of all of you to grasp the significance
of these facts, and to send out an expedition that shall thrust back the war
into Macedonia: it is the duty of the
well-to-do, that spending but a fraction of the wealth they so happily possess,
they may enjoy the residue in security; of our fighters, that gaining experience
of war on Philip's soil, they may prove the formidable guardians of an inviolate
fatherland; of the statesmen, that they may give a ready account of their
stewardship, for as is the issue of these events, so will be your judgement of
their policy. On every ground may that issue be prosperous!
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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