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We agreed1 that quickness in learning, memory, courage
and magnificence were the traits of this nature.”
“Yes.” “Then even as a boy2 among boys such a one will
take the lead in all things, especially if the nature of his body matches
the soul.” “How could he fail to do so?” he
said. “His kinsmen and fellow-citizens, then, will desire, I
presume, to make use of him when he is older for their own
affairs.” “Of course.”
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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