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For the powers of the city and the pride of Greece were still at their height, and fortune
favoured the people. But now every element of value in the political world has
been ostracized and the cities' hamstrings removed men's lives have inclined to
relaxation and luxury, the means of concord are no longer there, and the hopes
of our friends have proved vain.
Demades. Minor Attic Orators in two volumes, 2, with an English translation by J. O. Burtt, M.A. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1962.
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