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XllI. iv, v. THE ANAnECTS.
justice ..... obedience ;...... good faith ......... honesty .........
flock to that country etc. Couv. $i le prince aime
l'urbanit_ et les convenances, aucun de ses subjets n'osera
les n_gliger ...... justice ....... l'ob_issance ...... sinc&ite ......
de mauvaise foi...... accouront _. lui, avec leurs petits
enfants sur leurs _paules. Quel besoin etc.
CHAPTER V.--LEARNED AND UNPRACTI-
CAL.--Cf. II. 2. _ _, may mean inability to carry
the teaching of the poems into practical life. C. t!iC-,
_o Alone e_ja2_ ]k _ _ 0/_ _A_, _ .__)._ _g,
_ _- ]_J i_ _ ;_ -I!Lo The Odes really reveal
human nature and the principles of things in general, and
from them the development or decay of manners and the
success or failure of governments can be deduced. Hence
the student of them should undoubtedly be versed in the
rules of Government' and be able to discuss them. L.
Though a man etc. yet if, when intrusted with a governmental
charge, he knows not how to act, or if, when sent
to any quarter etc. he cannot give his replies unassisted,
notwithstanding the extent, etc. Z. didiceris Carmina
tercenta; si...... nescias expedite, missusque ...... nequeas a
te solo dare responsiones ....... tamen cui usui facient. K.
A man who can recite three hundred pieces of poetry by
heart, but who, when the conduct of the affairs of a nation
is intrusted to him, can do nothing ....... public mission to a
foreign country, has nothing to say for himself etc. Couv.
Supposons qu'un homme etc. il manque d'habilit¢_; s'il
(id. K.) il soit incapable de rd_)ondre par lui-mSme ; que
lui sert route sa litt6rature ?
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