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But the opening of the sentence presents less difficulty, since it is independent and is not the slave of
what has preceded. It merely takes what has preceded as a starting point, whereas the conclusion
coheres with what has preceded, and however carefully constructed, its elegance will be wasted, if the
path which leads up to it be interrupted. Hence it
is that although the rhythmical structure adopted by
Demosthenes in the passage τοῖς φεοῖς εὔχομαι πᾶσι καὶ
πάσαις;1 and again in another passage (approved by
all, I think, except Brutus) κἄν μήπω βάλλῃ μηδὲ
τοξεύῃ,2
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