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not easy to
beat up.” “But all the same on we must go.”
“Yes, on.” And I caught view and gave a hulloa and said,
“Glaucon, I think we have found its trail and I don't believe it
will get away from us.” “I am glad to hear
that,” said he. “Truly,” said I, “we
were slackers1
indeed.” “How so?” “Why, all the
time, bless your heart, the thing apparently was tumbling about our
feet2 from the start and yet we couldn't see it, but were most
ludicrous, like
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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