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Now in the case of Sparta I can cite no instance of this kind, for in times past no nation stronger than ourselves ever invaded our territory;1 but in the case of other states there are many such examples which one might use, and especially is this true of the city of the Athenians.
1 That is, before the Theban invasion of 369 B.C.
Isocrates. Isocrates with an English Translation in three volumes, by George Norlin, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1980.
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