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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: denuded of our possessions across the frontier,[2] and my father left
me nothing in Attica, I must needs bide at home, and provide myself
with the necessaries of life by means of bodily toil, which seems
preferable to begging from another, especially as I have no security
on which to raise a loan.
[1] Lit. "from here." The conversation perhaps takes place in Piraeus
404 B.C.
[2] Or, "colonial possession." Cf. "Symp." iv. 31.
Soc. And how long do you expect your body to be equal to providing the
necessaries of life for hire?
Euth. Goodness knows, Socrates--not for long.
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