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 1 1 |      Athenian. No wonder, my dear friends; and if, as is very
 2 2 |  Possibly.~Athenian. But, my dear friend, let us distinguish
 3 2 |    now we are of two. To me, dear Cleinias, the truth of what
 4 3 |   Megillus. We do.~Athenian. Dear is the son to the father—
 5 3 |    is awarded by lot, and is dear to the Gods and a token
 6 3 |    excess. I mean to say, my dear friends, that there is no
 7 3 | everything that was near and dear to them, as they did; but
 8 4 |     him. And he who would be dear to God must, as far as is
 9 5 |    about Gods, and about our dear forefathers:—Of all the
10 5 |    law, choosing, I say, the dear and the pleasant and the
11 7 |     you mean?~Athenian. O my dear Cleinias, I, like yourself,
12 8 |       How is that?~Athenian. Dear is the like in virtue to
13 8 |      the equal to the equal; dear also, though unlike, is
14 10|       In the first place, my dear friend, these people would
15 10|    evil men; and I will tell dear Cleinias, why I am so. I
16 11|     mean?~Athenian Stranger. Dear Cleinias, the class of men
17 12|     estimation of posterity. Dear companions, if this our
18 12|  which is in them.~Megillus. Dear Cleinias, after all that