Translation of Select Speeches of Demosthenes: With Notes (Classic Reprint)

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Shook the arsenal, and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes' throne.

But they possess a peculiar merit of their own. Though we no longer recognize the lofty spirit of the statesman addressing the general assembly, we may find much to admire in the subtle reason ing of the lawyer, in the zeal and energy of the suitor, or bis advocate, addressing the jury, expa tiating upon his injuries, demanding his rights, infiaming the passions, and appealing to the sym pathy of the audience. The genius of Demosthenes is still the same, though exerting itself in a humbler sphere.

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