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then again by citizens, then by substitutes, then, while we thus
delay, the object of our cruise is already lost. Thus the time for action is
wasted in preparation, but the opportunities of fortune wait not for our
dilatoriness and reluctance. The forces which we fancied would serve us as a
stop-gap prove incapable when the crucial moment arrives. Meanwhile Philip has
the effrontery to send such letters as these to the Euboeans.“Reading of the Letter”
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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