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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Cavalry General by Xenophon: diacritical marks have been lost.
The Cavalry General
By Xenophon
Translation by H. G. Dakyns
THE DUTIES OF A HIPPARCH[1]
or
Commander of Cavalry at Athens
I
Your first duty is to offer sacrifice, petitioning the gods to grant
you such good gifts[2] as shall enable you in thought, word, and deed
to discharge your office in the manner most acceptable to Heaven, and
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