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Answer each of these questions explicitly then, said Cyrus; if any one happens to be an officer under you and does wrong, do you permit him to continue in office or do you put another in his place?
I put another in his place.
And what if he has great possessions—do you allow him to continue rich, or do you make him poor?
I confiscate all that he may happen to possess, said he.
And if you find out that he is trying to desert to the enemy, what do you do?
I put him to death, said he; I may as well confess, for why should I convict myself of lying and be put him to death for that, instead of telling the truth?
Answer each of these questions explicitly then, said Cyrus; if any one happens to be an officer under you and does wrong, do you permit him to continue in office or do you put another in his place?
I put another in his place.
And what if he has great possessions—do you allow him to continue rich, or do you make him poor?
I confiscate all that he may happen to possess, said he.
And if you find out that he is trying to desert to the enemy, what do you do?
I put him to death, said he; I may as well confess, for why should I convict myself of lying and be put him to death for that, instead of telling the truth?
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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