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Excerpt from Athens, Its Rise and Fall: With Views of the Literature, Philosophy, and Social Life of the Athenian People
Arrived in the Laconian capital, Themistocles demanded no public audience, avoided all occasions of Opening the questions in dispute, and screened the policy of delay beneath the excuse that his colleagues were not yet arrived - that he was incompetent to treat without their counsel and concurrence - and that doubtless they would speedily appear in Sparta.
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