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It is your duty as a king to test men and actions by the advantage which they confer upon the state. Those who are engaged in philosophy, while differing as to the actual course of mental training to be pursued, are all agreed that an educated man must acquire the power of taking counsel from all available sources.
Isocrates Cyprian Orations. Edward S. Forster.
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