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And suppose that, before engaging, our citizens send an embassy

to one of the two cities, telling them what is the truth: Silver

and gold we neither have nor are permitted to have, but you may;

do you therefore come and help us in war, and take the spoils of

the other city: Who, on hearing these words, would choose to

fight against lean wiry dogs, rather than, with the dogs on their

side, against fat and tender sheep?

That is not likely; and yet there might be a danger to the poor

State if the wealth of many States were to be gathered into one.

But how simple of you to use the term State at all of any but our

own!

Why so?