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That is just what he is
“waiting” to do, and will go on
“waiting,” in my opinion. But he is not
“waiting” to help the Messenians and Argives against the
Lacedaemonians: he is actually dispatching mercenaries and forwarding supplies,
and he is expected in person with a large force. What! The Lacedaemonians, the
surviving enemies of Thebes, he is
engaged in destroying; the Phocians, whom he has himself already destroyed, he
is now engaged in preserving! And who is prepared to believe that?
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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