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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Memorabilia by Xenophon: in his society (no matter where or what the circumstances), was indeed
a priceless gain. Even the recollection of him, when he was no longer
present, was felt as no small benefit by those who had grown
accustomed to be with him, and who accepted him. Nor indeed was he
less helpful to his acquaintance in his lighter than in his graver
moods.
Let us take as an example that saying of his, so often on his lips: "I
am in love with so and so"; and all the while it was obvious the
going-forth of his soul was not towards excellence of body in the
bloom of beauty, but rather towards faculties of the soul unfolding in
virtue.[1] And these "good natures" he detected by certain tokens: a
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