'Very good.' To establish this will be our aim, and I hope that others besides myself will assist.

'Let us proceed along the road in which God seems to guide us.' We cannot, Megillus and Cleinias, anticipate the details which will hereafter be needed; they must be supplied by experience.

'What do you mean ?' First of all a register will have to be made of all those whose age, character, or education would qualify them to be guardians.

The subjects which they are to learn, and the order in which they are to be learnt, are mysteries which cannot be explained beforehand, but not mysteries in any other sense.

'If that is the case, what is to be done ?' We must stake our all on a lucky throw, and I will share the risk by stating my views on education.