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showing how he may have most influence on public affairs both in speech and in action.
I wonder, I said, whether I follow what you are saying; for you appear to be speaking of the civic science, and undertaking to make men good citizens.
That, Socrates, he replied, is exactly the purport of what I profess.
Then it is a goodly accomplishment that you have acquired, to be sure, I remarked, if indeed you have acquired it—to such a man as you I may say sincerely what I think. For this is a thing, Protagoras,
