timid the followers, the same whom we were comparing to drones, some stingless, and others having stings.
A very just comparison.
Illustration. These two classes are the plagues of every city in which they are generated, being what phlegm and bile are to the body. And the good physician and lawgiver of the State ought, like the wise bee-master, to keep them at a distance and prevent, if possible, their ever coming in; and if they have anyhow found a way in, then he should have them and their cells cut out as speedily as possible.
Yes, by all means, he said.
Altogether three classes in a democracy. Then, in order that we may see clearly what we are doing, let us imagine democracy to be divided, as indeed