“the [Spartans], while they alone were assiduous in their […] drill, were superior to others, but now they are beaten […] in war […]. For their ancient superiority did not depend on their mode of training their youth, but only on the circumstance that they trained them when their only rivals did not. Hence we may infer that what is noble, not what is brutal, should have the first place; no wolf or other wild animal will face a really noble danger; such dangers are for the brave man.”
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