enemies,
for they
know that
the guilt
of war is
always
confined
to a few
persons
and that
the many
are their
friends.
And for
all these
reasons
they will
be
unwilling
to waste
their
lands and
rase their
houses;
their
enmity to
them will
only last
until the
many
innocent
sufferers
have
compelled
the guilty
few to
give
satisfaction?
I agree,
he said,
that our
citizens
should
thus deal
with their
Hellenic
enemies;
and with
barbarians
as the
