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[54] So far are we different from our ancestors that whereas they chose the same men to preside over the city and to be generals in the field,1 since they believed that one who could give the best counsel on this platform would best take counsel with himself when alone, we ourselves do the very opposite;

1 For example, Pericles, who personally led a number of expeditions.

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