•Of all our political men, he is the only one who seems to begin in the right way, with the cultivation of virtue in youth. Like a good husbandman, he makes the young shoots his first care, and clears away those who are the destroyers of them. This is only the first step—he will afterwards attend to the elder branches, and if he goes on as he has begun, he will be a very great public benefactor.” •“I hope he may, but I fear, Socrates, the opposite will turn out to be the truth. My opinion is that in attacking you, he simply aims a blow at the foundation of the State. But in what way does he say that you corrupt the young?”