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and shrewd judges of which campaigns are hazardous and
which not?” “Presumably,” he said.
“They will take the boys with them to the one and avoid the
others?” “Rightly.” “And for
officers, I presume,” said I, “they will put in charge
of them not those who are good for nothing else but men who by age and
experience are qualified to serve at once as leaders and as caretakers of
children.” “Yes, that would be the proper
way.” “Still, we may object, it is the unexpected1
that happens to many in many cases.” “Yes,
indeed.” “To provide against such chances, then, we must
wing2
the children from the start so that if need arises they may fly away and
escape.”
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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