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The second precaution, men of Athens, is to avoid giving the
self-styled Amphictyons now assembled any call or excuse for a crusade against
us. For if we should hereafter come to blows with Philip, about Amphipolis or in any private quarrel
not shared by the Thessalians or the Argives or the Thebans, I do not believe
for a moment that any of the latter would be dragged into the war, least of
all—
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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