BOOK IL CHAP. X.                          79
 

CHAPTER   X.
 

ARaUMENT.
 

Socrates admonished his friend Diodorus, who was possessed of wealth,
to secure to himself the friendship of Hermogenes, a poor but worthy
man, by giving him pecuniary aid.

If we offer rewards, he reasoned, for a slave who has run away, or
care for one that is sick, should we not much rather see to it that S friend,
who is of far more value than a slave, is not crushed under tL« burden
of poverty (§ 1, 2). Hermogenes is able to be of more value than many
slaves, and may now be firmly secured as a friend at a very small price
(§ 3, 4). Socrates refused to send Hermogenes to Diodorus, but urged
Diodorus to go to him (§ 5), which he did, and the result verified the
prediction of Socrates (§ 6).
 

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