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But that is not so. For in order of time action is subsequent to speaking and
voting, but in importance it comes first and ranks higher. It is action, then,
that must be added: of all else we have enough. You have among you, Athenians,
men competent to say the right thing, no nation is quicker-witted to grasp the
meaning of speech, and you will at once be able to translate it into action, if
only you do your duty.
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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