62                   xenophon's memorabilia.

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^iXovs TTpoStSoptevovs*
 

CHAPTER   VI.
 

ARGUMENT.
 

Tms chapter treats of the selection, proving, and acquisition of friends,
and of the real foundation of friendship:

1.  Those only should be chosen as friends, who are temperate {iyKpa-
r€?s), faithful, obliging and prompt in the performance of the offices of
kindness, and are not contentious, avaricious, and ungrateful (§ 1—5).

2.  In order to determine whether a person is worthy to be a friend,
it is necessary to consider his treatment of other friends (§ 6, 9).

3.  When any one appears to be worthy of friendship, he may be
sought as a friend in the following manner: First, it should be inquired,
whether the gods approve the alliance (§ 8). Then, we should make
known our regard to the individual whom we would wish to be our
friend both in word and deed (§ 9—13). Friendship, however, can
exist only between those who are good and honorable (§ 14—16).
The dissensions,.and animosities which indeed exist among the good,
and cannot but exist among the bad, are the result of a mixed nature,
partly inclined to friendship and partly to hostility, and should not dis¬
courage in the attempt to acquire valuable friends; for a prevailing
friendliness is predominant over the baser passions in good men, and