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You must therefore make all your other
preparations, but let the money remain for the present in the hands of its
owners, for it could not be in better keeping, for the benefit of the State; but
if ever the threatened crisis comes, then accept it as a voluntary
contribution.These proposals, men of
Athens, are both practicable and
honorable and advantageous, fit to be reported of you to the King and calculated
to inspire him with no little alarm.
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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