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But if they ground their plea upon
this principle, if this is their interpretation of the peace, it is obvious to
all that their argument is assuredly impious and intolerable and dangerous to
Athens; and it follows besides
that their own words flatly contradict their indictment of Diopithes. For why on
earth are we to give Philip leave to do everything else, provided he keeps clear
of Attica, while Diopithes is not
allowed to help the Thracians, or else we shall have to admit that he is
starting a 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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