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‘ προεξανθοῦσιν αἱ μεγάλαι
φύσεις, ὧν ἡμεῖς μὲν εὐθὺς τὸ τραχὺ καὶ νύττον οὐ φέροντες
ἀποκόπτειν οἰόμεθα δεῖν καὶ κολούειν: ὁ
δὲ βελτίων κριτὴς καὶ ἀπὸ τούτων ἐνορῶν τὸ χρηστὸν καὶ γενναῖον,
περιμένει λόγου καὶ ἀρετῆς συνεργὸν ἡλικίαν καὶ ὥραν, ᾗ τὸν
οἰκεῖον ἡ φύσις καρπὸν ἀποδίδωσι.’
‘ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ταύτῃ: τὸν δ᾽ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ νόμον ἆρ᾽ οὐκ εἰκότως ὑμῖν ἀπογράψασθαι δοκοῦσιν ἔνιοι τῶν
Ἑλλήνων, ὃς κελεύει τὴν ἔγκυον, ἂν ἁλῷ θανάτου, μέχρι τέκῃ,
φυλάττειν;᾽’
‘πάνυ μὲν οὖν’ ἔφασαν: εἶπον οὖν ἐγώ ‘ἐὰν 1 δὲ παιδία μὴ
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