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but our army must be a national force,
equipped from the resources I have named, so that you may be well provided for
the performance of your task, and that we may have no repetition of what usually
happens now, when you are always bringing your generals to trial and the net
result of your exertions is the announcement that “So-and-so, the son
of So-and-so, has impeached So-and-so.”
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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