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but it is the man who can indicate
the nature, the size, and the source of the expedition that will be able to keep
the field until we either defeat the enemy or consent to a termination of
hostilities; for that is how we shall avoid trouble in the future. Now I believe
that I can indicate this, without prejudice to anyone else's proposal. That is a
bold promise, but it will soon be put to a practical test, and you shall be my
judges.
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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