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The Peloponnesian War

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Day 345 Book 6, Chapter 18

So it was that my youth and what some call my outrageous recklessness found the right arguments to confront Peloponnesian power, and through its passionate energy gained their trust and succeeded. Don't fear my youth now—while I'm still in my prime a...

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