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that's what we achieved,
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that's what we can achieve,
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and that's what we must aim for in all future circumstances.
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We get into the Peloponnesian War and there will come moments
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when it seems possible that
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the Athenians can make a negotiated peace with the Spartans
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that's okay in the war,
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and they turn it down,
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I think Thucydides and others suggest that
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they're just out of their minds.
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Maybe they are,
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but they have something they can focus on,