History of the Peloponnesian War

since the one is a case of aggression on the plea of might, which fortune has given; the other, by the insidiousness of a dishonest policy. [*](οὗτω πολλὴν περιωπὴν, κ. τ. λ.] These words should be closely connected with the following clause, καὶ οὐκ ἄν μείζω ... ὡς εἶπον, and the chapter should end at εἶπον, or at ποιούμεθα. —Arnold.) So great care do we take for things which most deeply interest us;