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I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time ✨ History of the Peloponnesian War bk. 1, ch. 1
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What made the war inevitable was the growth of Athenian power and the fear which this caused in Sparta.
Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.

I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time ✨ History of the Peloponnesian War bk. 1, ch. 1

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