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That
is why he is wide awake and ready to strike, and why he is courting certain
people to the detriment of our city—Thebans, I mean, and those
Peloponnesians who share their views. He imagines that their cupidity will lead
them to accept the present situation, while their natural dullness will prevent
them from foreseeing anything that may follow. Yet men of even moderate
intelligence might perceive some clear indications, which I had occasion to
point out to the Messenians and the Argives, and which may perhaps with
advantage be repeated to you.
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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