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For so far as a campaign is concerned, provided, men
of Athens, we are willing to do what
is necessary, we have many natural advantages, such as the nature of his
territory, much of which may be harried and devastated, and countless others;
but for a pitched battle he is in better training than we are.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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