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Excerpt from The History of Greece, Vol. 6 of 8Resentment, which was so much the keener, because the injury that provoked it was one which afforded but slight ground for remonstrance, or even for com plaint. One of the consequences of this state of feel ing was, that the peace just concluded, though almost universally admitted to be necessary, became gene rally odious, and its authors and promoters - the orators who proposed and recommended it, and the negotiators who brought it about - extremely unpo pular.' Demosthenes, as one of the ambassadors who had been engaged in this business, must have Shared the odium to which his colleagues were exposed, if he had not been able to separate his case from theirs, and if the whole tenor of his past public life had not exempted him from all suspicions of a leaning toward the Macedonian interest. But the part which he had hitherto taken in opposition to Philip had been so de cided, and his conduct throughout the negotiation, as to the main points, so clearly patriotic, that the um fortunate issue seemed to afford fresh proof both of his integrity and sagacity, and served to raise him in the favour and esteem of the people.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.