their rulers, their military will abſtain from agriculture and mechanic arts; they will have common meals, gymnaſtic exerciſes, and conteſts of war, as in the former republic; but they will be afraid to bring wiſe men into the magiſtracy, becauſe they have no longer any ſuch as are truly ſimple and inflexible, but ſuch as are of a mixed kind, more forward and rough, more fitted by their natural genius for war than peace, eſteeming tricks and ſtratagems; ſuch as theſe ſhall deſire wealth, and hoard up gold and ſilver, as thoſe who live in oligarchies. While they ſpare their own, they will love to ſquander the ſubſtance of others upon their pleaſures: They will fly from the law, as children from a father, who have been educated not by perſuaſion but by force. Such a republic, mixed of good and ill, will be moſt remarkable for the prevalence of the contentious and ambitious ſpirit.
What now ſhall the man be, correſpondent to this republic? He will be arrogant and rough towards inferiors; mild towards equals, but extremely ſubmiſſive to governors; fond of dignity and the magiſtracy, but thinking that political management, and military performances, not eloquence, nor any ſuch thing, ſhould entitle him to them: while young he may deſpiſe money, but the older he grows the more he will value it, becauſe he is of the covetous temper, and not ſincerely affected to virtue and reaſon. Such an ambitious youth reſembles ſuch a city, and is formed ſomehow in this manner:—His father, a worthy man, in an ill-regulated city, ſhuns honours, and magiſtracies, and law-ſuits, and all public buſineſs, that, as he can do no good, he may have no trouble. The ſon hears his mother venting her indignation, and complaining that
