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Excerpt from The Fourth Oration of Isocrates, Called the Panegyric: As Being Addressed to the Universal Assembly of All Greece, Exhorting the Grecians to Concord, and Undertaking Jointly a War Against the Persians For, were combatants possessed of twice their strength, no advantage would accrue from it to others; but it' a man pos sess a noble mind, all who are willing to seek his company would be benefited by the results of his study. Yet, I was not discouraged because of this neglect, nor did I yield to idle ness; but, judging that the glory which would accrue from the composition of this oration would be sufficient return for my labor, I came to give my advice about engaging in a war against the Barbarians, and forming an alliance among our selves. 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.