And not contented with ideas derived only from words of the advantages which are bound up with the defence of your country, though these would furnish a valuable text to a speaker even before an audience so alive to them as the present, you must yourselves realize the power of Athens, and feed your eyes upon her from day to day, till love of her fills your hearts; and then, when all her greatness shall break upon you, you must reflect that it was by courage, sense of duty, and a keen feeling of honour in action that men were enabled to win all this, and that no personal failure in an enterprise could make them consent to deprive their country of their valour, but they laid it at her feet as the most glorious contribution that they could offer.
Gelditzen direnei dagokienez, berriz, beren etsaiekiko planak seguruagoak izan daitezen erregutu behar dute, baita hauen adore mailatik ez jaisten ahalegindu ere, onurei begira beti ere (onuron inguruan asko luza daiteke bat, zuek neure moduan ezagutzen badituzue ere, esanez zenbat abantaila dakarren etsaiei atzera eragiteak), baina ez onuroi begira hitz eginda bakarrik, baizik hiriaren boterea egunero ikusi eta bera maitatuta baizik, eta, handia dela baderitzozue, pentsatuta euren eginbeharra ezagutzen zuten eta duintasunez betetzen ausartu ziren gizonek lortu zutela handitasun hori, eta, ahaleginean porrot egin zutenean, hiria bere adorerik gabe gera ez zedin, euren ekarpenik ederrena eman ziotela.