Plato, Laches, section 194b

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[194b] and I am truly vexed at finding myself unable to express offhand what I think. For I feel that I conceive in thought what courage is, but somehow or other she has given me the slip for the moment, so that I fail to lay hold of her in speech and state what she is.

Socrates
Well, my dear sir, the good huntsman must follow the hounds and not give up the chase.

Laches
Yes, indeed, by all means.

Socrates
Then do you agree to our inviting Nicias here to join in our hunt? He may be more resourceful than we are.

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 8 translated by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1955.

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