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A strange and distressing epidemic, men of
Athens, has invaded all
Greece, calling for extraordinary
good fortune, and for the most anxious treatment on your part. The magnates of
the several cities, who are entrusted with political authority, are betraying
their own independence, unhappy men! They are imposing on themselves a servitude
of their own choosing, disguising it by specious names, as the friendship of
Philip, fraternity, good-fellowship, and such flummery. The rest of the people,
and all the various authorities of the several states, instead of chastising
these persons and putting them to death on the spot, as they ought, are filled
with admiration and envy, and would all like to be Philip's friends too.
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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