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he
rightly saw that to our city and our national character he could offer nothing,
he could do nothing, that would tempt you from selfish motives to sacrifice to
him any of the other Greek states, but that you, reverencing justice, shrinking
from the discredit involved in such transactions, and exercising due and proper
forethought, would resist any such attempt on his part as stoutly as if you were
actually at war with him.
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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