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But, it seems, the call of the crisis on that
momentous day was not only for the wealthy patriot but for the man who from
first to last had closely watched the sequence of events, and had rightly
fathomed the purposes and the desires of Philip; for anyone who had not grasped
those purposes, or had not studied them long beforehand, however patriotic and
however wealthy he might be, was not the man to appreciate the needs of the
hour, or to find any counsel to offer to the people.
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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