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Athenian
Ath. In the first place, he must compel the teachers themselves to learn these discourses, and to praise them, and if any of the teachers fail to approve of them, he must not employ them as colleagues; only those who agree with his praise of the discourses should he employ, and entrust to them the teaching and training of the youth. Here and herewith let me end my homily concerning writing-masters and writings.
Clinias
Clin. Judged by our original intention, Stranger, I certainly do not think that we have diverged from the line of argument we intended; but about the matter as a whole it is hard, no doubt, to be sure whether or not we are right.
Athenian
Ath. That, Clinias, (as we have often said) will probably become clearer of itselfCp. Plat. Laws 799d. when we arrive at the end of our whole exposition concerning laws.
Athenian
Ath. After the writing-master, must we not address the lyre-master next?
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Athenian
Ath. When assigning to the lyre-masters their proper duties in regard to the teaching and general training in these subjects, we must, as I think, bear in mind our previous declarations.Plat. Laws 664e., Plat. Laws 679a.
Clinias
Clin. Declarations about what?