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First Philippic (23)

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I name a force of this size, Athenians, because it is not in our power now to provide one fit to meet him in pitched battle: we must adopt guerilla tactics to start with. The force must therefore be neither unwieldyfor we cannot afford the pay and maintenancenor altogether insignificant.

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