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So we too, Athenians, as long as we are safe, blessed
with a very great city, ample advantages, and the fairest repute—what
are we to do? Perhaps some of my hearers have long been eager to ask that
question. I solemnly promise that I will answer it and will also move a
resolution, for which you can vote if so disposed. To begin with ourselves, we
must make provision for our defence, I mean with war-galleys, funds, and men;
for even if all other states succumb to slavery, we surely must fight the battle
of liberty.
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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