Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-01-15

gave you, Alcibiades, for tutor Zophy- I
rus, the Thracian, a slave of his with I
whom he could do nothing else. might
enlarge on the nurture and education of
your rivals, but that would be tedious:
and what I have said is a sufficient
have only to remark, by way of con-
trast, that no one cares about your birth
or nurture or education, or, may say,
about that of any other Athenian, unless
he has lover who takes care of him.
And if you cast an eye on the wealth,
the luxury, the garments with their
flowing trains, the anointings with |
myrrh, the multtudes of attendants, and |
all the other bravery of the Persians,
you will be ashamed when you discern
your own inferiority; or if you would
look at the temperance and orderliness
and ease and grace and magnanimity and
courage and endurance and love of toll
and desire of glory and ambition of the
LacedHmonians-in all these respects
you will regard yourself as a child in
comparison of them. Nay, even in
wealth, if you are inclined to think much
of that, must reveal to you the true
state of the case; for if you form an esti-
mate of the wealth of the LacedHmOn-
ians you will see that our possessions fall
far short of theirs. For no one here can
compete with them either in the extent
| and fnrtilitv of tbpir ouyp and thp Mos
senian territory, or in the number of
their slaves, and especially of the IIelots,
or of their horses, or of the animals
which feed on the Messenian pastures.
But | have said enough of this; and as
to gold and silver, there is more of them
in LacedTmon than in all the rest of Hell
las, for during many generations gold
has been always flowing into them from
the whole Hellenic world, and often from
the barbarian also, and never flowing
out, as in the fable of -Esop, the fox said
to the lion, "The prints of the feet of
those going in are distinct enough" but
who ever saw the trace of money going
out of LacedHmon? and therefore you
NAV safely infer that the inhabitants are
the richest of the IIellenes in gold and sill
er.and their kings are the richest of them,
for the greater part of this harvest goes
to their kings, and they have also a tri-
butte paid to them, which is very consid-
cradle. Yet the Spartan wealth, though
great in comparison of the wealth of the
other IIellenes, is as nothing in COMPARE
son of that Of the Persians and their
kings. Why, have been informed by "A
credible person who went up to the king
Cat Susa) that he passed through large
tract of excellent land extending for
nearly days journey, which the people
of the country called the queens girdle,
and another, which they called her veil
and several other fair and fertile dis
tricts, which were reserved for the adorn-
ment of the queen, and are named after
her several habiiments. Now, cannot
help thinking to myself, What if some
one were to 90 to Amestris. the wife of
XerXes and mother of ArtaXcrXes, and
say to her: There is a certain Dinom-
worth fifty minR-and that will be more
1 than the value-and she has a son who is
possessed of observation-disclosures patch
, at ErchiT, and has a mind to go to wal
| with your son, would she not wonder tC
what this Alcibiades trusts for success
| in the conflict? "IIe must rely" she
. would say to herself, "upon his training
and wisdom-these are the things which
l IIellenes value" And if she heard that
t this Alcibades who is making the at.
e tempt is not as yet twenty years old, and
+ is wholly uncducated, and that when his
= lover tells him that he ought to get edu
cation and training first, and then go ant
. fight the king. he refuses, and says thai
e he is we'll enough rs he is, would she not
l be amazed, and ask, son what, then
t does the youth rely?" And if we reply
1 that he relies on his beauty, and stat
e ure, and birth. and mental endowments
e she would think that we were mad, Alci
0 blades, when she compared the advantag
a es which you possess with those of he
: own people. And believe that Lampi
e do, the daughter of Leotychides, the wifi
o of Archdamus and mother of Agis, al
c of whom were kings, would have thu
G same feeling; if in your present unedu
: Gated state, you We're to turn you
d thoughts against her son, she, too, would
!, be equally astonished. But how dis
:, graceful that we should not have as higl
: "A notion of what is required in us as on
enemies wives have of the qualitie
Is which are required in their assailants
; o my friend, be persuaded by me, ant
II hear the Delphian inscription, "Knov
e thyself;' deem these kings to be our an
e tagonists, who are not such as you think
II but quite of another sort, and we cal
> only overcome them by pains and skill
u And if you fail in the required qualities
= you will fail also in becoming renowned
4 u. 4. i,