The Orations of Demosthenes 2
The Orations of Demosthenes 2
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150 ORATION OF JB0CHINS8 public honours of every kind most frequent — ^then or now? Then they were rare and truly valuable ; then the name of merit bore the highest lustre : but now it is tarnished and effaced; while your honours are conferred by course and custom, not with judgment and distinction.
It may possibly seem unaccountable that rewards are now more frequent, yet that public affairs were then more flourishing; that our citizens are now less worthy, but were then of real eminence. This... is a difficulty which 1 shall endeavour to obviate. Do you imagine, Athenians, that any man whatever would engage in the games held on our festivals, or in any others where the victors receive a crown, in the ex- ercises of wrestling, or in any of the several athletic contests, if the crown was to be conferred, not on the most worthy, but on the man of greatest interest?
Surely no man would engage. But now, as the re- ward of such their victory is rare, hardly to be ob- tained, truly honourable, and never to be forgotten, there are champions found ready to submit to the severest preparatory discipline, and to encounter all the dangers of the contest.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
150 ORATION OF JB0CHINS8 public honours of every kind most frequent — ^then or now? Then they were rare and truly valuable ; then the name of merit bore the highest lustre : but now it is tarnished and effaced; while your honours are conferred by course and custom, not with judgment and distinction.
It may possibly seem unaccountable that rewards are now more frequent, yet that public affairs were then more flourishing; that our citizens are now less worthy, but were then of real eminence. This... is a difficulty which 1 shall endeavour to obviate. Do you imagine, Athenians, that any man whatever would engage in the games held on our festivals, or in any others where the victors receive a crown, in the ex- ercises of wrestling, or in any of the several athletic contests, if the crown was to be conferred, not on the most worthy, but on the man of greatest interest?
Surely no man would engage. But now, as the re- ward of such their victory is rare, hardly to be ob- tained, truly honourable, and never to be forgotten, there are champions found ready to submit to the severest preparatory discipline, and to encounter all the dangers of the contest.
What to read after The Orations of Demosthenes 2?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Demosthenes to read onlineMoreLess
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