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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Hiero by Xenophon: get far more in far less time by murdering the despot than they can
hope to earn by lengthened service in protecting him.
[10] Or, "beyond the sentinels themselves is set the outpost of the
laws, who watch the watch."
[11] Or, "ten-day labourers in harvest-time."
[12] Or, "but to discover one single faithful man is far more
difficult than scores of labourers in any field of work you
please."
[13] Or, "are merely hirelings for filthy lucre's sake."
And as to that which roused your envy--our ability, as you call it, to
benefit our friends most largely, and beyond all else, to triumph over
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