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It seems, therefore, the harshest imaginable rule that a man should
be held accountable in time of peace for his administration during war. For
every critic judges it with reference to the present calm, not to the danger
that is over. And yet, if we make no allowance for the crisis, we are removing
too the justification for the action.
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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