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1 2 | Athenian. How! Then may Heaven make us to be of one mind,
2 2 | which is to sing lustily the heaven–taught lay to the whole
3 3 | Cleinias. By all means, if Heaven wills. Go on.~Athenian.
4 3 | over himself?~Megillus. Heaven forbid!~Athenian. Or an
5 4 | of hospitality taught by Heaven, and the intercourse which
6 5 | or reputed inspiration of Heaven, in obedience to which mankind
7 6 | drinking up the rain from heaven, and providing fountains
8 6 | by us as a sacred gift of Heaven, corresponding to the months
9 6 | for on what day or night Heaven will give them increase,
10 6 | care that the rains from heaven flow off easily, and of
11 6 | of men are, as I said, a heaven–born and admirable institution,
12 7 | believe, have been inspired by Heaven, they appear to me to be
13 7 | the nature of the Gods in heaven, so far as to be able to
14 8 | which keeps in the rain from heaven, and causes a deficiency
15 9 | nor yet a visitation of heaven, but a madness which is
16 9 | we, as I may by grace of Heaven affirm, like, gatherers
17 9 | are the retributions of Heaven, and by such punishments
18 10| in this manner the whole heaven has been created, and all
19 10| and all that is in the heaven, as well as animals and
20 10| true.~Athenian. Then, by Heaven, we have discovered the
21 10| then directs all things in heaven, and earth, and sea by her
22 10| the soul which controls heaven and earth, and the whole
23 10| whole path and movement of heaven, and of all that is therein,
24 10| arrange the revolution of the heaven.~Cleinias. And judging from
25 10| this way order the whole heaven, or whatever be the place
26 10| to whom also the whole of heaven belongs?~Cleinias. Certainly.~
27 10| This is the justice of heaven, which neither you nor any
28 10| high and will fly up to heaven, you are not so small or
29 10| order unceasingly the whole heaven?~Cleinias. True.~Athenian.
30 10| infinitely, bringing guilt from heaven upon themselves, and also
31 11| think it a blessing from heaven if their parents live to
32 12| which they saw moving in heaven all appeared to be full
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