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When I saw that the Thebans, and
perhaps even the Athenians, under the influence of the adherents of Philip and
the corrupt faction in the two states, were disregarding a real danger that
called for earnest vigilance, the danger of permitting Philip's aggrandizement,
and were taking no single measure of precaution, but were ready to quarrel and
attack each other, I persistently watched for opportunities of averting that
danger, not merely because my own judgement warned me that such solicitude was
necessary,
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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