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So on the strength of
his policy at that time, and of the sample he had exhibited of his conduct, he
was actually appointed as one of the ambassadors when you were induced by
Aristodemus, Neoptolemus, Ctesiphon and
others, who had brought entirely misleading reports from Macedonia, to send an embassy to negotiate
peace with Philip. He was chosen, not as one who would make traffic of your
interests, not as one who had any confidence in Philip, but as one of the party
that was to keep an eye on the rest, for in view of his early speeches, and of
his known hostility to Philip, it was natural that you should all have such an
opinion of the man.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by C. A. Vince, M. A. and J. H. Vince, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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