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Yet, men of Athens, perilous as is the present situation in my judgement,
none of all the Greeks are in greater danger than you, not only because you are
the chief object of Philip's plots, but because you are the most disposed to
inaction. If therefore, noting the abundance and cheapness of goods for sale in
your markets, you have been beguiled by these things into the belief that the
city is in no danger, your estimate of the situation is contrary to all right
and reason.
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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