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terrified and
distracted—that is far from being the case—but that if
falsehood and perjury were not as disgraceful in the eyes of the Greeks as they
are respectable in his, you would long ago have marched against him; that as it
is, you will not for your own sakes do this, but you pray to all the gods that
he may be smitten with the same infatuation as were his ancestors of old. And if
it comes into his mind to reflect on this; he will find that your resolutions
are not carelessly taken.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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