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To the size of the state there is no limit but the necessity of

unity; it must be neither too large nor too small to be one. This

is a matter of secondary importance, like the principle of

transposition which was intimated in the parable of the earthborn

men. The meaning there implied was that every man should do that

for which he was fitted, and be at one with himself, and then the

whole city would be united. But all these things are secondary,

if education, which is the great matter, be duly regarded. When

the wheel has once been set in motion, the speed is always

increasing; and each generation improves upon the preceding, both

in physical and moral qualities. The care of the governors should

be directed to preserve music and gymnastic from innovation;

alter the songs of a country, Damon says, and you will soon end

by altering its laws.