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If, therefore, Philip had then come to the
conclusion that it was a difficult task to fight the Athenians while they held
such strong outposts in his own territory and he was destitute of allies, in
that case he would never have gained his present successes, never acquired his
present power. But, men of Athens,
Philip saw clearly that all these outposts were but the open prizes of war, that
by natural right the property of the absent belongs to those who are on the
spot, and the property of the careless to those who can face toil and danger.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1930.
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