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The offspring of the
good, I suppose, they will take to the pen or créche, to certain
nurses who live apart in a quarter of the city, but the offspring of the
inferior, and any of those of the other sort who are born defective, they
will properly dispose of in secret,1 so that no one will
know what has become of them.” “That is the
condition,” he said, “of preserving the purity of the
guardians' breed.” “They will also supervise the nursing
of the children, conducting the mothers to the pen when their breasts are
full, but employing every device2
Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vols. 5 & 6 translated by Paul Shorey. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1969.
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