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But I am not able because of my age1 to include in my speech all the things which I grasp in my thought, save that it is a noble enterprise for us, in the midst of the injustice and madness of the rest of the world, to be the first to adopt a sane policy and stand forth as the champions of the freedom of the Hellenes, to be acclaimed as their saviors, not their destroyers,2 and to become illustrious for our virtues and regain the good repute which our ancestors possessed.
1 He is now 81 years old.
2 Cf. Isoc. 4.80.