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1 1 | the lawgiver reviewing his work, will appoint guardians
2 1 | of reformation. And this work of reformation is the great
3 2 | better or worse than the work of to–day, but are made
4 2 | this, however, must be the work of God, or of a divine person;
5 2 | until they begin to go to work—this is a precaution which
6 2 | not also know whether the work is beautiful or in any respect
7 4 | difficult task, and the work of years. And yet there
8 4 | preliminaries, he may proceed to the work of legislation. Now, what
9 4 | throughout the whole of this work of legislation every single
10 5 | happy if he can complete his work. The best kind of purification
11 5 | and free others from the work of legislation.~Let the
12 5 | he finds any part of this work impossible of execution
13 5 | ought always to make his work self–consistent.”~Having
14 6 | can see, that although the work of legislation is a most
15 6 | guardians of the law; as the work of legislation progresses,
16 6 | hesitation in beginning the work of legislation.~Cleinias.
17 6 | manner, in the hope that his work instead of losing would
18 6 | to say, and not leave the work incomplete.~Cleinias. By
19 6 | city should superintend the work, and should impose a fine
20 7 | any drink, or to do any work which they can get, may
21 7 | spinning wool, are hard at work weaving the web of life,
22 7 | until we have perfected the work of legislation.~Megillus.
23 7 | thus ordered, is there no work remaining to be done which
24 7 | second polity there remains a work to be accomplished which
25 7 | there ought to be no bye–work interfering with the greater
26 7 | interfering with the greater work of providing the necessary
27 7 | who are my partners in the work of legislation, I must state
28 8 | be our assessors in the work of legislation; they shall
29 8 | for hire, and contracts of work, or in case any one does
30 9 | beginners of some composite work, may gather a heap of materials,
31 9 | this is quite the noblest work of law. But if the legislator
32 9 | digression and complete the work of legislation. Laws have
33 9 | that we are resuming the work of legislation, may with
34 9 | are most true tales, they work on such souls no prevention;
35 10| and fairest things are the work of nature and of chance,
36 10| legislation is entirely a work of art, and is based on
37 10| how they make all things work together and contribute
38 10| establish them rightly is the work of a mighty intellect. And
39 11| indolence omit to execute his work in a given time, not reverencing
40 11| When a man undertakes a work, the law gives him the same
41 11| assuredly knows the value of his work. Wherefore, in free states
42 11| And if any one lets out work to a craftsman, and does
43 11| having already received the work in exchange, does not pay
44 11| undertake voluntarily the work of our safety, as other
45 11| works;—if they execute their work well the law will never
46 12| public temples; of woven work let him not offer more than
47 12| higher than would be the work of five men completed in
48 12| preceding laws, so that now our work of legislation is pretty
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