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No doubt
Aeschines will eschew a direct reply to the charges alleged, and in his desire
to lead you as far as possible away from the facts, he will dilate on the great
blessings that peace brings to the world and set against them the evils of war.
He will eulogize peace in general terms, and that will be his defence. But all
those considerations tell against him. For, if peace, which brings blessings to
others, has brought so much vexation and bewilderment to you, what are we to say
except that these men with their bribe-taking have perverted to evil a thing in
itself excellent? What next?
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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