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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: whereas every blessing which mankind enjoys has been discovered by the
efforts of the nobler sort. Nobler, I say, are those who choose to
toil.[22]
[22] Or, "of choice spirits; and who are the choice spirits?--Clearly
those who choose to toil."
And this has been proved conclusively by a notable example. If we look
back to the men of old who sat at the feet of Cheiron--whose names I
mentioned--we see that it was by dedicating the years of their youth
to the chase[23] that they learnt all their noble lore; and therefrom
they attained to great renown, and are admired even to this day for
their virtue--virtue who numbers all men as her lovers, as is very
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