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But as
regards money and a ready supply of it at once, I am aware that I am going to
make a startling proposal. The proposal shall, however, be made, because I am
confident that if you take the right point of view, it will be clear that I
alone have told you the truth, as it is and as it will be. My view is that we
ought not to talk about money now; for if we need it, we have a source of
supply, abundant, honorable and fair; if we look for it at once, we shall fail
so utterly to supply it now that we shall conclude that it is not even in
reserve for our future use, but if we leave it alone, it will be there. What,
then, is this supply, which is not now, but will be hereafter?
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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