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But I shall get no answer. Yet you all know
that, whether these speakers advise it or not, you are bound to help the
Messenians, both for the sake of your sworn agreement with them and for the
advantage that you derive from the preservation of their city. Just ask
yourselves at what point you would begin to make your stand against
Lacedaemonian injustice with more honor and generosity—with the
defence of Megalopolis or with
the defence of Messene?
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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