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And Gobryas, wondering what he meant and suspecting that he meant his daughter, asked: And what might that gift be, Cyrus?
Gobryas, he replied, it is this: I believe that there are many men who would not consent to be wicked or unjust or false, but they die before it is ever discovered what sort of men they are, simply because no one has ever seen fit to entrust them with great wealth or kingly power or mighty fortresses or lovely children;
And Gobryas, wondering what he meant and suspecting that he meant his daughter, asked: And what might that gift be, Cyrus?
Gobryas, he replied, it is this: I believe that there are many men who would not consent to be wicked or unjust or false, but they die before it is ever discovered what sort of men they are, simply because no one has ever seen fit to entrust them with great wealth or kingly power or mighty fortresses or lovely children;
Cyropaedia. Xenophon. Walter Miller (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1914.
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