When word suddenly came, quite unauthenticated, of the death of Alexander, and the orators [p. 113] immediately leaped to the platform, already urgent that there be no delay, but war at once, Phocion insisted that they wait a while, and learn the facts. ‘For,’ said he, ‘if Alexander is dead to-day, he will be dead to-morrow also, and the day after.’ 1
1 Cf. Plutarch's Life of Phocion, chap. xxii. (751 E), also Moralia, 451 F.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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