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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Republic by Plato: of the impediments which the family throws in the way of lofty aims and
aspirations. But we are conscious that there are evils and dangers in the
background greater still, which are not appreciated, because they are
either concealed or suppressed. What a condition of man would that be, in
which human passions were controlled by no authority, divine or human, in
which there was no shame or decency, no higher affection overcoming or
sanctifying the natural instincts, but simply a rule of health! Is it for
this that we are asked to throw away the civilization which is the growth
of ages?
For strength and health are not the only qualities to be desired; there are
the more important considerations of mind and character and soul. We know
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