tlg0086.tlg029.perseus-eng1

data/tlg0086/tlg029/tlg0086.tlg029.perseus-eng1.xml

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                     between the two kinds of community over which they severally preside. There is,
                     however, this further difference: that whereas the government of a nation is in
                     many hands, a household has but a single ruler.<milestone ed="P" unit="para"/>Now some arts are divided into two separate branches, one concerned with the
-                    making of an object&mdash;for example a lyre or a flute&mdash;and the
+                    making of an object—for example a lyre or a flute—and the
                     other with its use when made. Statecraft on the other hand shows us how to build
                     up a nation from its beginning, as well as how to order rightly a nation that
                     already exists; from which we infer that Housecraft also tells us first how to
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@
                     should be given to those who are doing more of a freeman's work, and abundance
                     of food to those who are laboring with their hands. And whereas the use of wine
                     renders even free men insolent, so that in many countries they too refrain from
-                    it&mdash;as, for instance, the Carthaginians do when they are on
-                    campaign&mdash;it follows that we must either deny wine to slaves
+                    it—as, for instance, the Carthaginians do when they are on
+                    campaign—it follows that we must either deny wine to slaves
                     altogether, or reserve it for rare occasions.<milestone ed="P" unit="para"/><milestone ed="P" n="5.3" unit="Loeb chap"/> We may apportion to our
                     slaves (1) work, (2) chastisement, and (3) food. If men are given food, but no
                     chastisement nor any work, they become insolent. </p></div><div type="bekker page" n="1344b"><p><milestone ed="Bekker" n="1" unit="line"/>If they are made
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
                     suggesting that silver formed the entire load; and so continued his march. The
                     soldiers, beholding the plate and supposing that they convoyed a full load of
                     silver, were cheered by the expectation of their pay. They were informed however
-                    by Didales that they would have to take it to <placeName key="tgn,7002339">Amisus</placeName> to be coined&mdash;a journey of many days, and in
+                    by Didales that they would have to take it to <placeName key="tgn,7002339">Amisus</placeName> to be coined—a journey of many days, and in
                     the winter season. And during all this time, he continued to employ the army
                     without giving it more than its necessary rations.<milestone ed="P" unit="para"/>Moreover, all the craftsmen in the army, and the hucksters who traded with the
                     soldiers by barter, were under his personal control, and enjoyed a complete