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These, again, have the whole army to support them when they face the
hostile ranks, but those both have to bear the chief burden of the war, and,
apart from that, it is their peculiar misfortune to fear the temper of their
king. Moreover, if a common soldier is at fault, his punishment is proportioned
to his deserts, but it is just when the officers are most successful that they
are most exposed to unmerited curses and gibes.
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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