Dialogue

 1 Intro|   presented to us in a famous ancient tale: the tale will also
 2 Intro|     vapour exhaling from some ancient chaos,—there, as involved
 3 Intro| Questions of interest both in ancient and modern politics also
 4 Intro|       deification of law: the ancient Stoic spoke of a wise man
 5 Intro|       a wider basis.’ Both in ancient and modern times the best
 6 Intro|       in their externals. The ancient legislator did not really
 7 Intro|       the greatest power? The ancient legislator would have found
 8 State|    many other events of which ancient tradition has preserved
 9 State|    solemn and national of the ancient sacrifices are supposed
10 State|      if any one knows how the ancient laws may be improved, he
11 State|     letter of the law and the ancient customs of their ancestors;