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In the one case, you will show yourselves ready to
help the Arcadians and eager to confirm the peace for which you faced danger on
the field of battle. In the other case, everyone will see clearly that you wish
to preserve Messene less for the
sake of justice than for fear of the Lacedaemonians. But the proper course is in
all things to find out what is right and then do it, though at the same time we
must take care that what we do is expedient as well.
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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