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Well, you say, but that is ancient
history. But take something that you have all seen. You know that lately you
sent help to the Euboeans within three days and got rid of the Thebans by an
armistice.1 Could you have
done all this so promptly, if you had not had new vessels to convey your force?
You would have found it impossible. Many other successes might be mentioned that
have resulted from our being provided with these ships in sound condition.
1 In 357.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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