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that the
man who is wronging both parties should be punished by both in common, and that
Philip is much more dangerous to the king if he has attacked us first, for if we
are left to our own resources and anything happens to us, he will soon be
marching confidently against the king. I think you ought to send an embassy to
put all these matters before the king, and you ought to drop the foolish
prejudice that has so often brought about your
discomfiture—“the barbarian,” “the
common foe of us all,” and all such phrases.
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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