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There were others who were
ready at all hazards to hold out to the end; but even they were mollified by the
persuasion that Philip was their friend, and that, if they refused compliance,
you, from whom they were expecting succor, would turn against them. A third
party supposed that you regretted your treaty of peace with Philip; but they
were now informed that you had actually decreed an extension of the treaty to
Philip's descendants, and so they abandoned all hope of your assistance. And
that is why these men packed all those provisions into one decree.
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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