[65] Again, there is the case of Dionysius
1
(for I desire you to be convinced by many instances that the course of action to which I am urging you is an easy one). He was a person of small account among the Syracusans in birth,
2
in reputation, and in all other respects;
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yet, being inspired by a mad and unreasoning passion for monarchy, and having the hardihood to do anything which advanced him to this goal, he made himself master of
Syracuse
, conquered all the states in
Sicily
which were of Hellenic origin, and surrounded himself with a power on both land and sea
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greater than any man before his time had possessed.
To Philip. Isocrates. George Norlin (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1928.
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