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Something gleamed in the light of the wand, and Harry spun about, but all that was there was a small, frozen pool, its black, cracked surface glittering as he raised his wand higher to examine it.

Again, truth should be highly valued; if, as we were saying, a lie is useless to the gods, and useful only as a medicine to men, then the use of such medicines should be restricted to physicians; private individuals have no business with them.

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Ath. Come now and let us all join in asking this question ofTyrtaeus: O most divine poet, we will say to him, the excellent praisewhich you have bestowed on those who excel in war sufficientlyproves that you are wise and good, and I and Megillus and Cleiniasof Cnosus do, as I believe, entirely agree with you. But we shouldlike to be quite sure that we are speaking of the same men; tell us,then, do you agree with us in thinking that there are two kinds ofwar; or what would you say? A far inferior man to Tyrtaeus wouldhave no difficulty in replying quite truly, that war is of two kindsone which is universally called civil war, and is as we were justnow saying, of all wars the worst; the other, as we should alladmit, in which we fall out with other nations who are of adifferent race, is a far milder form of warfare.

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