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I would ask you to recall their conduct when
Demosthenes and Lycurgus, side by side in their speeches, were defeating the
Macedonians among the Triballi and almost exhibited the body of Alexander on the
platform for us to see; when, in the Assembly, they calmed the Theban exiles,
who were present, with specious words and spurred on their minds to conceive a
hope of freedom, protesting that I was gloomy and over pessimistic since I did
not approve . . .
Demades. Minor Attic Orators in two volumes, 2, with an English translation by J. O. Burtt, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1962.
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