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And the extra- ordinai-y activity, which the Athenians displayed in resisting him, shows that the exertions of the orator had their due effect. Even Mitford confesses, with reference to the operations of that period, that Athens found in Demosthenes an able and effective minister.
Many speeches, men of Athens, are made in almost every assembly about the hostilities of Philip, hostilities which ever since the treaty of peace he has been committing as well against you as against the rest of the G...reeks ; and all (I am sure) are ready to avow, though they forbear to do so, that our counsels and our measures should be directed to his hu- miliation and chastisement : nevertheless, so low have our affairs been brought by inattention and negligence, I fear it is a harsh truth to say, that if all the orators had sought to 116 THE ORATIONS OF DEMOSTHE>TS.
suggest, and you to pass resolutions for the utter ruining of the commonwealth, we could not methinks be worse off than we are. A variety of circumstances may have brought us to this state; our affairs have not declined from one or two causes only : but, if you rightly examine, you will find it chiefly owing to the orators, who study to please you rather than advise for the best.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
And the extra- ordinai-y activity, which the Athenians displayed in resisting him, shows that the exertions of the orator had their due effect. Even Mitford confesses, with reference to the operations of that period, that Athens found in Demosthenes an able and effective minister.
Many speeches, men of Athens, are made in almost every assembly about the hostilities of Philip, hostilities which ever since the treaty of peace he has been committing as well against you as against the rest of the G...reeks ; and all (I am sure) are ready to avow, though they forbear to do so, that our counsels and our measures should be directed to his hu- miliation and chastisement : nevertheless, so low have our affairs been brought by inattention and negligence, I fear it is a harsh truth to say, that if all the orators had sought to 116 THE ORATIONS OF DEMOSTHE>TS.
suggest, and you to pass resolutions for the utter ruining of the commonwealth, we could not methinks be worse off than we are. A variety of circumstances may have brought us to this state; our affairs have not declined from one or two causes only : but, if you rightly examine, you will find it chiefly owing to the orators, who study to please you rather than advise for the best.
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