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At another time, after he had listened to a philosopher who argued that the wise man is the only good general, he said,‘The speech is admirable, but the speaker has never been amid the blare of trumpets.’ 1
1 Ibid., 220 D infra.
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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