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For of course you realize that in the present case
the Thebans and Philip and the Thessalians have acted in complete unison, though
with widely different aims. The Thebans, for instance, were powerless to prevent
Philip from pressing on and seizing the passes, or from coming in at the finish
and usurping the credit of their previous exertions.
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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