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And yet I am
afraid,—for all my thoughts shall be laid open to you,—I am
afraid that hereafter you may destroy me with them in despite of my innocence,
while today you are supine. For indeed, men of Athens, you seem to me to have become altogether slack, idly
waiting for the advent of disaster. You see the distresses of others, but take
no precaution for yourselves; you have no thought for the steady and alarming
deterioration of your commonwealth.
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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