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He knows that the
wars we fought against his ancestors have made our city prosperous and powerful,
but that the policy of inaction that she once pursued gave her no such supremacy
over any of the other Greek states as she enjoys today. And indeed he sees that
the Greeks stand in need of a peacemaker, whether voluntary or involuntary, and
he knows that in that character he would himself appear to them, if he tried to
stir up war. Therefore he will find the reports that reach him easy to
understand and easy to believe.
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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