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and did so more fully in a passage
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that sums up his view of Pericles' generalship,
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and I'll read it to you.
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"in his generalship he was especially famous for his caution.
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He never willingly undertook a battle that involved great risk or uncertainty,
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Nor did he envy or emulate those who took great risks
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with brilliant success and were admired as great generals.
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He always said to his fellow citizens that
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as far as it was in his power,
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they would live forever and be immortals."
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Of the many modern scholars who have been persuaded by this view,
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none has argued more forcefully