Olynthiacs And The Phillippics Of Demosthenes

The present crisis, O Athenians, requires, if any ever did, much thought and counsel. Not that I am puzzled, what advice to give in the matter; I am only doubtful, in what way, Athenians, to address you thereupon. For I have been taught both by hearsay and experience, that most of your advantages have escaped you, from unwillingness to do your duty, not from ignorance. I request you, if I speak my mind, to be patient, and consider only, whether I speak the truth, and with a view to future amendment. You see to what wretched plight we are reduced by some men haranguing for popularity.Kennedy, Charles Rann is the author of 'Olynthiacs And The Phillippics Of Demosthenes ' with ISBN 9781419176166 and ISBN 1419176161.