[5]
Now to call a man
perjured and faithless, without drawing attention to his acts, might justly be
termed mere abuse; but to describe his conduct in detail and convict him on the
whole count fortunately requires only a short speech. Moreover, I have two
reasons for thinking the story worth the telling: Philip shall appear as
worthless as he really is, and those who stand aghast at his apparent
invincibility shall see that he has exhausted all the arts of chicanery on which
his greatness was founded at the first, and that his career has now reached its
extreme limit.
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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