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Yet consider which is the more
honorable—to settle the dispute by arms or by arguments, to be
yourselves the umpires or to win the verdict from others. Also reflect how
unreasonable it is that Athenians should force Thasians and Maronites1 to submit to
arbitration about Stryme, but should
not themselves in this way settle with me the points on which we are at
variance, especially when you realize that, if you lose the verdict, you will
sacrifice nothing, and if you win it, you will gain territory which is now in my
possession.
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