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INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS
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Such causes should originate with the people and be decided by them: the enquiry shall take place before any three of the highest magistrates upon whom the defendant and plaintiff can agree.

Also in private suits all should judge as far as possible, and therefore there should be a court of law in every ward; for he who has no share in the administration of justice, believes that he has no share in the state.

The judges in these courts shall be elected by lot and give their decision at once.

The final judgment in all cases shall rest with the court of appeal.

And so, having done with the appointment of courts and the election of officers, we will now make our laws.
'Your way of proceeding, Stranger, is admirable.' Then so far our old man's game of play has gone off well.
'Say, rather, our serious and noble pursuit.' Perhaps; but let me ask you whether you have ever observed the manner in which painters put in and rub out colour: yet their endless labour will last but a short time, unless they leave behind them some successor who will restore the picture and remove its defects.


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