Book 2
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Ath. The origin of the play i.e. playful motion, or dancing, as contrasted with music (or harmony) which springs from the tendency to cry outc. we are speaking of is to be found in the habitual tendency of every living creature to leap; and the human creature, by acquiring, as we said, a sense of rhythm, generated and brought forth dancing; and since the rhythm is suggested and awakened by the tune, the union of these two brought forth choristry and play.
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Clin. Very true.
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Ath. Of choristry we have already discussed the one part, and we shall next endeavor to discuss the other part.
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Clin. By all means.
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Ath. But, if you both agree, let us first put the finishing stroke to our discourse on the use of drink.
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Clin. What, or what kind of, finish do you mean?
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Ath. If a State shall make use of the institution now mentioned in a lawful and orderly manner, regarding it in a serious light and practising it with a view to temperance, and if in like manner and with a like object, aiming at the mastery of them, it shall allow indulgence in all other pleasures,—then they must all be made use of in the manner described.
