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Excerpt from The Orations of Isocrates, Vol. 1 Wnnn the publishers requested me to undertake the present work. They kindly placed at my disposal a ms. Translation as far as 5 70 of the Philippus by another scholar, Mr. A. H. Dennis. Of Exeter College. Oxford. Who has been prevented by professional engagements from revising and completing it. This portion of the volume I have left as far as possible as it was written. Only making alterations when rendered necessary by the use of a later edition of the text; and, in some few cases. Where another rendering appeared to be preferable. For the General Introduction, short Introductions to each speech. The whole of the Notes, and the remainder of the Translation, I am responsible. So far as I am aware. This is the first attempt at a complete English translation of the works of Isocrates. Although, as a rule. He is an easy author to understand, the elaborate correspondence of clauses. And even of words, in the original renders it dim cult to represent him satisfactorily in English. And I can only hope that my version may be found fairly correct. 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.