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200 in eaons or in republics, is wont to occaion a mighty change to the revere; and exceive liberty eems to change into nothing but exceive lavery, both with a private peron and a city. Thus licentiounes detroys the democracy. Out of no other republic is tyranny contituted but out of democracy; and out of the mot exceive liberty, the greatet and mot avage lavery. The race of idle and profue men, one part of which was more brave, and were leaders, the ether more cowardly, and followers, we compared to drones, ome with tings, others with none. Thee two pringing up in a republic, raie diturbance, as phlegm and bile in a natural body. Let us divide a democratic city into three, as it really is; for one uch pecies as the above grows through licentiounes in it, no les than in the oligarchic, but is much more fierce: in oligarchy, becaue it is not in places of honour, but is debared from the magitracies, it is unexercied, and does not become trong; but in a democracy this is the preiding party, excepting a few; and now it ays and does the mot outrageous things. Some other party is now always eparated from the multitude; and while the whole are omehow in puruit of gain, uch as are the mot temperate become the wealthiet, and have the greatet quantity of honey; hence the greatet quantity of honey, and what comes with the greatet eae, is preed out of thee by the drones. Such wealthy people are the pature of the drones. The people who mind their own affairs, and meddle not with any others, who have not much property, but yet are the mot numerous, and the mot prevalent in democracy, whenever it is fully aembled, would be a third pecies: but it will not often fully aemble, if it does not get ome hare of the honey. It does, however, always get a hare, for their