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126 but have to send and get all these from us,Cf. Isoc. 4.135. we have gone so far in our passion to injure ourselves that, whereas it lies in our power to possess the wealth of the barbarians in security and peace, we continue to wage war upon each other over trifles,Cf. Isoc. 4.133-136. and we actually help to reduce to subjection those who revoltCf. Isoc. 4.134. from the authority of the King, and sometimes, unwittingly, we ally ourselves with our hereditary foesIsoc. 4.157. and seek to destroy those who are of our own race.

127 Therefore, since the others are so lacking in spirit, I think it is opportune for you to head the war against the King; and, while it is only natural for the other descendants of Heracles, and for men who are under the bonds of their polities and laws, to cleave fondly to that state in which they happen to dwell, it is your privilege, as one who has been blessed with untrammeled freedom,Cf. 14, 15. to consider all Hellas your fatherland,Cf. Isoc. 4.81. as did the founder of your race, and to be as ready to brave perils for her sake as for the things about which you are personally most concerned.

128 Perhaps there are those—men capable of nothing else but criticism—who will venture to rebuke me because I have chosen to challenge you to the task of leading the expedition against the barbarians and of taking Hellas under your care, while I have passed over my own city.