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grbs-12531	Downey, Glanville	Themistius’ First Oration	1958	21	.pdf	application/pdf	8408	301	70	If watchful care for good things is better than care for evil things, and if good men stand in need of reward, while evil men require punishment, it is better for the ruler to be more inclined toward the bestowal of honor than toward punish­ ment' since most punishments are not carried out for the sake of assisting wrong-doers-for they take away the soul instead of aiding it-but seem instead to be of advantage only to the rest of mankind. Not that difficult and dark kind, such as those paths to which most tyrants de­ scend, as though to caverns, but a broad one which preserves its tracks so that they can be seen from afar; not that kind of road that leads finally to some wild and cruel beast, a bear, a boar or a lion, clothed with the name of emperor, but the kind of path that leads to the most peaceable and gentle of all, a heavenly creature which possesses a divine and modest nature, granted by heaven for watchful care over men here on earth.	cache/grbs-12531.pdf	txt/grbs-12531.txt