[47]
Now there is a
foolish argument advanced by those who want to reassure the citizens. Philip,
they say, after all is not yet what the Lacedaemonians were; they were masters
of every sea and land; they enjoyed the alliance of the king of Persia; nothing could stand against them: and
yet our city defended itself even against them and was not overwhelmed. But for
my own part, while practically all the arts have made a great advance and we are
living today in a very different world from the old one, I consider that nothing
has been more revolutionized and improved than the art of war.
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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