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and dropping it while still young, but
lingering too long1 in the
study of it, the majority become cranks,2 not to
say rascals, and those accounted the finest spirits among them are still
rendered useless3 to society by the
pursuit4 which you
commend.” And I, on hearing this, said, “Do you think
that they are mistaken in saying so?” “I don't
know,” said he,
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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