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But it was further
necessary that the Phocians should acquire confidence in Philip and make a
voluntary surrender, so that no delay should intervene, and no unfriendly
resolution come to hand from you. “Very well,” thought
Philip, “a report shall be made by the Athenian ambassadors that the
Phocians are to be protected; and so, though they persist in mistrusting me,
they will deliver themselves into my hands through confidence in the Athenians.
We will enlist the sympathy of the Athenian people in the hope that, supposing
themselves to have got everything they want, they will pass no obstructive
resolution. These men shall carry from us such flattering reports and assurances
that, whatsoever may befall, they will make no movement.”
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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