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And there is another class of servants, who are intellectually

hardly on the level of companionship; still they have plenty of

bodily strength for labour, which accordingly they sell, and are

called, if I do not mistake, hirelings, hire being the name which

is given to the price of their labour.

True.

Then hirelings will help to make up our population?

Yes.

And now, Adeimantus, is our State matured and perfected?

I think so.

Where, then, is justice, and where is injustice, and in what part

of the State did they spring up?

Probably in the dealings of these citizens with one another. I

cannot imagine that they are more likely to be found any where

else.

I dare say that you are right in your suggestion, I said; we had

better think the matter out, and not shrink from the enquiry.