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Yes, and how many disasters from unsound
ships? I will pass over most of them; but in the Decelean war1—I am reminding you of a bit of old history which you all
know better than I do—though many serious disasters befell our city,
she did not succumb till her fleet was destroyed. But why need me cite ancient
instances? You know how it stood with our city in the last war with the
Lacedaemonians2 when it seemed unlikely that you could dispatch a
fleet. You know that vetches were sold for food. But when you did dispatch it,
you obtained peace on your own terms.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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