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2It is clear, therefore, that one practice regarded nature more, with children in view; the other regarded more the formation of character, with married life in view.
But surely, by his careful attention to boys, by their collection into companies, their discipline and constant association, and by his painstaking arrangements for their meals and bodily exercise and sports, Lycurgus proves that Numa was no more than an ordinary lawgiver. For Numa left the bringing up of youths to the wishes or necessities of their fathers.
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