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And we
Greeks see and hear all this, and yet we do not send embassies to one another
and express our indignation. We are in such a miserable position, we have so
entrenched ourselves in our different cities, that to this very day we can do
nothing that our interest or our duty demands; we cannot combine, we cannot take
any common pledge of help or friendship;
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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