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Ath. Well then, O Clinias, and thou, Stranger of Lacedaemon, suppose we discuss the second of the subjects we proposed, and take temperance next after courage: shall we discover any point in which these polities are superior to those framed at random, as we found just now in regard to their military organization?
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Meg. Hardly an easy matter! Yet probably the common meals and the gymnasia are well devised to foster both these virtues.
