STRANGER: And now, in which of these divisions shall we place the

king?--Is he a judge and a kind of spectator? Or shall we assign to him

the art of command--for he is a ruler?

YOUNG SOCRATES: The latter, clearly.

STRANGER: Then we must see whether there is any mark of division in the

art of command too. I am inclined to think that there is a distinction

similar to that of manufacturer and retail dealer, which parts off the

king from the herald.

YOUNG SOCRATES: How is this?

STRANGER: Why, does not the retailer receive and sell over again the

productions of others, which have been sold before?

YOUNG SOCRATES: Certainly he does.

STRANGER: And is not the herald under command, and does he not receive

orders, and in his turn give them to others?

YOUNG SOCRATES: Very true.

STRANGER: Then shall we mingle the kingly art in the same class with the

art of the herald, the interpreter, the boatswain, the prophet, and the

Statesman