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...The Republic by Plato This electronic book is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University s Electronic Classics Series, Jim Mani... ...The Republic by Plato This electronic book is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University s Electronic Classics Series, Jim Manis, ... ...d the same perfection of style; no other shows an equal knowl edge of the world, or contains more of those thoughts which are new as well as old, and... ... than the age of Plato. The natural divisions are five in number;—1) Book I and the first half of Book II down to the paragraph beginning, “I had alw... ...an most able to do harm to his enemy and good to his friends? In going to war against the one and in making alliances with the other. But when a man ... ... or in any other body, that body is, to begin with, rendered incapable of united action by reason of sedition and distraction; and does it not become... ...ied, and the Lydian; they are termed ‘relaxed.’ Well, and are these of any military use? Quite the reverse, he replied; and if so the Dorian and the P... ...enient for soldiers, requiring only that they should light a fire, and not involving the trouble of carrying about pots and pans. True. And I can hard... ...its of life, had a definite ailment; such as these he cured by purges and operations, and bade them live as usual, herein consult ing the interests ...

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...Excerpt: PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; MUCH to the author?s surprise, and (if he may say so without additional offence) considerably to his amusement, he finds that his sketch of official life, introductory to THE SCARLET LETTER, has created an...

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