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And for those defeats, Aeschines, you
call me to account! Are you not ashamed to jeer at a man for cowardice, and then
to require that same man to overcome the whole power of Philip single-handed,
and to do it by mere words? For what else had I at my disposal? Certainly not
the personal courage of each man, not the good fortune of the troops engaged,
not that generalship for which you are unreasonable enough to hold me
responsible. Make as strict an inquiry as you will into everything for which an
orator is responsible; I ask no indulgence.
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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