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for I am aware, of course, that many men have risen
to eminence from humble and obscure estate through the practice of this art, and
that Solon, both living and dead, was deemed worthy of the highest renown. He
was not disqualified for the other honors1 but left
behind him a memorial of his courage in the trophy of victory over the
Megarians,
1 This statement hints at the long contested question, whether practical statesmanship could be combined with philosophical insight.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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