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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Symposium by Xenophon: the wine-cup, marvel not. It has long been my wont to share our city's
passion for noble-natured souls, alert and emulous in pursuit of
virtue.
He ended, and, while the others continued to discuss the theme of his
discourse, Autolycus sat regarding Callias. That other, glancing the
while at the beloved one, turned to Socrates.
Call. Then, Socrates, be pleased, as go-between,[92] to introduce me
to the state, that I may employ myself in state affairs and never
lapse from her good graces.[93]
[92] Lit. "as pander."
[93] So Critobulus in the conversation so often referred to. "Mem."
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