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If,” I added, “at this crisis we
are determined to remember all the provocative dealings of the Thebans with us
in past time, and to distrust them still on the score of enmity, in the first
place, we shall be acting exactly as Philip would beg us to act; and secondly, I
am afraid that, if his present opponents give him a favorable reception, and
unanimously become Philip's men, both parties will join in an invasion of
Attica. If, however, you will
listen to my advice, and apply your minds to consideration, but not to captious
criticism, of what I lay before you, I believe that you will find my proposals
acceptable, and that I shall disperse the perils that overhang our city.
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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