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ἐπιμελεῖσθαι δεῖν καὶ τοῦ λέγειν δύνασθαι: should cultivate also the ability to speak. For the articular inf. with ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, see GMT. 793, 798. ὅσα τε: correlative with καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο. νόμῳ: more, “as laid down by law and custom.” ζῆν: “to order our lives,” in the best sense. διὰ λόγου: cf. ἑρμηνείαν, δἰ ἧς iv. 3. 12. μάθημα: i.e. what one is impelled by his own taste to learn. ἄριστα: adverb. τὰ σπουδαιότατα: matters of greatest importance.
Xenophon: Memorabilia. Josiah Renick Smith. Boston. Ginn and Company. 1903.
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