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Excerpt from The Orations of Demosthenes, Vol. 1 of 2: Pronounced to Excite the Athenians Against Philip, King of Macedon View of the principal states of Greece. Characters of Deraatlcs, HyperideSj Lycurgus, and Escliinjs, lbs orators. Character of Demosthenes. To animate a people renowned for justice, hu-manity, and valour, yet, in many instances, degenerate and corrupted; to warn them of the dangers of luxury, treacliery, and bribery; of the ambition and perfidy of a powerful foreign enemy; to recall the glory of their aticestors to tlieir thoughts; and to inspire them Mith resolution, vigour, atul unanimity; to correct abuses, to restore discipline, to revive and enforce the generous sentiments of patriotism and public spirit: These were tb.c great purposes for which the following Orations were originally pronounced. The subject tlierefore may possibly recommend them to a Britisii reader, even under the disadvantn res of a translation, bv no means worthy of the famous original. His candour may pardon them; or sometimes, perliaps, they may escape him, if he suiters his imagination to be possessed witli tljat enthusiasm which our orator is, of all otliers, most capable of inspiring; and Tol. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.