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I believe, then, that
the cause of justice and those who defend it will prove stronger than the
traitors and the barbarian against all opposition. Therefore I say that we must
not be unduly alarmed, nor must we be tempted to commence hostilities. And
indeed I cannot see that any of the other Greeks have reason to dread this war.
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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