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Philip, however, did
send you two letters of summons. Yes, but not with the intention that you should
take the field. That is certain; otherwise he would not have destroyed your
opportunity of going out before he summoned you, nor would he have detained me
when I wanted to sail home, nor ordered Aeschines to make statements calculated
to deter you from going out. No, his object was that you, in the belief that he
would do all that you wanted, should make no decree prejudicial to him, and the
Phocians might not stand their ground and hold out in reliance upon hopes
afforded by you, but might make unconditional surrender to him in sheer
desperation. Read Philip's actual letters.“
Letters
”
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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