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Men of Athens, let anyone fairly reckon up the blessings we have
received of the gods, and though much is amiss, none the less his gratitude will
be great—and rightly so: for our many losses in the war1 may be justly
imputed to our own supineness; that we did not suffer these losses long ago and
that this opportunity of alliance affords us some compensation, if we choose to
accept it, this I for my part should put down as a signal instance of the favor
of the gods.
1 i.e. the war about the possession of Amphipolis.
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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