Herethen，Isaid，isanotherorderwhichwillhavetobeconveyedtoourguardians：Letourcitybeaccountedneitherlargenorsmall，butoneandself—sufficing。
Andsurely，saidhe，thisisnotaverysevereorderwhichweimposeuponthem。
Andtheother，saidI，ofwhichwewerespeakingbeforeislighterstill，—Imeanthedutyofdegradingtheoffspringoftheguardianswheninferior，andofelevatingintotherankofguardianstheoffspringofthelowerclasses，whennaturallysuperior。Theintentionwas，that，inthecaseofthecitizensgenerally，eachindividualshouldbeputtotheuseforwhichnaturewhichnatureintendedhim，onetoonework，andtheneverymanwoulddohisownbusiness，andbeoneandnotmany；andsothewholecitywouldbeoneandnotmany。
Yes，hesaid；thatisnotsodifficult。
Theregulationswhichweareprescribing，mygoodAdeimantus，arenot，asmightbesupposed，anumberofgreatprinciples，buttriflesall，ifcarebetaken，asthesayingis，oftheonegreatthing，——athing，however，whichIwouldrathercall，notgreat，butsufficientforourpurpose。