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For in those polities, I take it, everything is done
promptly at the word of command; but with you, first the Council must be
informed, and must adopt a provisional resolution,—and even that not
at any time, but only after written notice given to marshals and embassies; then
the Council must convene an Assembly, but only on a statutory date. Then the
most honest debaters have to make good their advantage and argue down an
ignorant or dishonest opposition;
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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