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Men of Athens, do you suppose that
Philip would insist on your making such concessions to him, if he did not
despise you and put complete confidence in his friends here, whom he has made it
his policy to conciliate? They are not ashamed to devote their lives to Philip
rather than to their own country, and they think that when they take his gifts
they are taking them home—though they are selling everything at home.
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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