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Well, assuming
that you are thoroughly convinced that you must all be ready and willing to make
this necessary effort, I say no more on that point. But as to the nature and
size of the force which I think adequate to relieve the situation, the means of
defraying the cost, and the best and speediest method of providing for its
equipment, I shall now endeavor to state my views, making just this appeal to
you, Athenians.
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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