[11]
Again, there came a second crisis for the
city; for I deliberately ignore the intervening dangers. All other inhabitants
of Greece were promoting Alexander to
the rank of leader, and by remoulding him in their decrees they raised the
aspirations of a young and ambitious man to an excessive pitch. We and the
Spartans remained, with neither revenues nor armaments nor regiments of infantry
to be the bulwark of our safety, yet fortified by a great desire, though our
power was small and humble.
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