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He did not need any information from others to reach that
conclusion. He was himself a sufficient witness, for, after his first defeat of
the Phocians and the overthrow of their leader and commander Onomarchus,
although no one in the whole world, Greek or barbarian, sent aid to them save
you alone, so far from getting through Thermopylae, or accomplishing any of the purposes of the
passage, he had been unable even to approach the pass.
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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