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Yes. Things are different today.
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Today the danger is much greater.
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The whole of Asia is descending upon us.
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Many times more men than there are Greeks.
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These men are fierce, savage,
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bloodthirsty, merciless.
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But that is not the reason why we should fear
them. That is not the source of their power.
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Their power lies in their unity.
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Unity.
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Remember that one terrible word
which will surely destroy Greece
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unless we counter it with a unity of our own.
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A unity of free men fighting together,
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resisting this united tide of tyranny.
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We all know Themistocles
to be a master of words.
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But before we allow ourselves
to be led by them,
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let us consider some other words
that have been spoken.
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Has Athens not sent for and received
a prediction from the Delphic oracle?
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Come now, Themistocles.
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No Greek state acts
without first consulting the gods.
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Why not reveal this prediction to us, instead
of trying to draw us into a hopeless war?
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There are no hopeless wars, friend.
Only hopeless cowards.
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You are evading the answer.
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I happen to know this prediction by heart.
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And here it is.
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"Fly to the world's end, doomed ones.
Leave your homes. "
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"For fire and the headlong god of war
shall bring you low. "
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This clearly seems to me
that the gods foretell the doom of Athens.
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Isn't it wonderful
that we have among us such a clever man?