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the one of poor, the other of rich men; and they are living on the same spot and always conspiring against one another.That, surely, is at least as bad.Another discreditable feature is, that, for a like reason, they are incapable of carrying on any war. Either they arm the multitude,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and then they are more afraid of them than of the enemy; or, if they do not call them out in the hour of battle, they are oligarchs indeed, few to fight as they are few to rule. And at the same time their fondness for money makes them unwilling to pay taxes.How discreditable!And, as we said before,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], under such a constitution the same persons have too many callings --they are husbandmen, tradesmen, warriors, all in one. Does that look well?Anything but well.There is another evil which is, perhaps, the greatest of all, and to which this State first begins to be liable.What evil?A man may sell all that he has,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and another may acquire his property; yet after the sale he may dwell in the city of which he is no longer a part, being neither trader, nor artisan, nor horseman, nor hoplite, but only a poor, helpless creature.Yes, that is an evil which also first begins in this State.The evil is certainly not prevented there; for oligarchies have both the extremes of great wealth and utter poverty.True.But think again: In his wealthy days,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], while he was spending his money, was a man of this sort a whit more good to the State for the purposes of citizenship? Or did he only seem to be a member of the ruling bod
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