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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: you take?
[4] "When he next does sacrifice"; see "Hiero," viii. 3. Cf. Theophr.
"Char." xv. 2, and Prof. Jebb's note ad loc.
Chaer. No doubt I should set him a good example by inviting him myself
on a like occasion.
Soc. And if you wanted to induce some friend to look after your
affairs during your absence abroad, how would you achieve your
purpose?
Chaer. No doubt I should present a precedent in undertaking to look
after his in like circumstances.
Soc. And if you wished to get some foreign friend to take you under
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