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As for the Paternal Rule, it possesses neither strength nor

compulsory power, nor in fact does the Rule of any one man,

unless he is a king or some one in like case: but the Law has

power to compel, since it is a declaration emanating from

Practical Wisdom and Intellect. And people feel enmity towards

their fellow-men who oppose their impulses, however rightly they

may do so: the Law, on the contrary, is not the object of hatred,

though enforcing right rules.

The Lacedaemonian is nearly the only State in which the framer of

the Constitution has made any provision, it would seem,

respecting the food and manner of living of the people: in most

States these points are entirely neglected, and each man lives

just as he likes, ruling his wife and children Cyclops-Fashion.