Dialogue

 1 Repub| alternative, I said, that we may persuade you to let us go? ~But can
 2 Repub|          let us go? ~But can you persuade us, if we refuse to listen
 3 Repub|  Socrates, do you wish really to persuade us, or only to seem to have
 4 Repub|          I should wish really to persuade you, I replied, if I could. ~
 5 Repub|          to rich men's doors and persuade them that they have a power
 6 Repub|        perform their ritual, and persuade not only individuals, but
 7 Repub|        strain, had you sought to persuade us of this from our youth
 8 Repub|          not have them trying to persuade our youth that the gods
 9 Repub|  necessity, and he is seeking to persuade God by prayer, or man by
10 Repub|        said, are we beginning to persuade those whom you described
11 Repub|          and we must endeavor to persuade those who are to be the
12 Repub|        mire and cast forth; they persuade men that moderation and