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Although I have
still much to say in praise of you, I think I shall cease my eulogy at this
point, fearing that I may seem to plead your cause in terms exceeding human
limitations. For so far, as it seems, does the power of words fall short of that
of vision that, while none would think of mistrusting the evidence of his eyes,
people think the praise of things men say they have seen, even if it falls short
of the truth, to be incredible.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by Norman W. DeWitt, Ph.D., and Norman J. DeWitt, Ph.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1949.
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