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Moreover,
should the son be robbed of part of his reward, his treatment would be
undeserved in view of the fact that no man's child was ever orphaned through the
fault of Chabrias, though he frequently led you in war, but the boy himself has
grown up an orphan, just because of his father's devotion to your cause. For to
me he seems truly to have been such a staunch patriot, that though reputed to be
the most cautious of commanders, as indeed he was, it was for your sake that he
displayed that quality whenever he led you, but for his own sake, when he found
himself assigned to the post of danger, he forgot all his caution and preferred
to lay down his life rather than tarnish the honors that you had bestowed.
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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