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 I, sir? oh! of course, sir.

Surely, Captain, I rely on you to uphold political economy.

Me, sir? oh! to be sure, sir.

Pray, sir, will political economy uphold the Athenian theatre?

Surely not. It would be a very unproductive investment.

Then the Captain votes against you. What, sir, did not the Athenians, the wisest of nations, appropriate to their theatre their most sacred and intangible fund? Did not they give to melopœia, choregraphy, and the sundry forms