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Bearing this in mind, Athenians, and reflecting that it
is not even in our power to pretend that we are at peace, for Philip has already
issued a declaration of war and followed it up by active hostilities, it is
necessary to spare no expense, public or private, to take the field eagerly and
in full force, wherever the opportunity occurs, and to employ abler generals
than before.
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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