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[640d] the friendliness which already exists among the company and to see that the present gathering promotes it still further.

Clinias
Very true.

Athenian
Then the commander we set over drunken men should be sober and wise, rather than the opposite? For a commander of drunkards who was himself drunken, young, and foolish would be very lucky if he escaped doing some serious mischief.

Clinias
Uncommonly lucky.

Athenian
Suppose, then, that a man were to find fault with such institutions in States where they are managed in the best possible way,

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