Translation Of Select Speeches Of Demosthenes With Notes By Cr Kennedy PDF Download

Excerpt from Translation of Select Speeches of Demosthenes: With Notes 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. 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.