33<> AN" OLYMPIC DIALOGUE* 



ten millions of perfons, who together compofe a nation 

 lhall have two millions of Epaminondafes and Epidle- 

 iufes at their head ; and fo that always remains true 

 which UlyiTes faid : 



Ovk uyaSw zfoXuKCipccvIyi* sT$ KOig&vog 

 "Elf (ZqktiXsvs ^ # 



Jupiter.] Granted. Only, that every nation, when 

 it has arrived fo far as to underftand its rights, and to 

 be able to efrimate its forces — to which in facl: the 

 commoner!: common fenfe is competent — is at liberty 

 to look after its own political ceconomy — [Juno jhakes 

 her bead.] — I mean that it may commiffion fuch of 

 its own body as it thinks pqflefled of moft fagacity and 

 integrity, to make fuch regulations, as that the arbi- 

 trary will of the One and the Few, who have had the 

 art to obtain their favour and confidence, be hindered 

 from doing harm, from wafting the refources of the 

 ftate, from corrupting the public morals, from making 

 it criminal to be wife, virtuous and fincere, and to 

 fpeak aloud what is held to be true ; in fhort, — 



Juno.'] Oh, there thou art perfectly right, Jupiter ! 

 This kings ought not to do 1 They Ihould be re- 

 trained by religion and laws ; that is to be naturally 

 underftood. They fhould know that they have re- 

 ceived the fceptre from Jupiter, only — 



Jupiter.] ■ My dear wife,., do not harp upon this 

 matter any longer, if I may be fo bold ! I know belt 

 how affairs go ; but if they were as thou fayeft, the 



* We Greeks cannot all by any mesns reign here — a govern- 

 ment of many is not good ; let one be ruler, one be king. 



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