The Prose Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Vol. 2 [of 2]

part in the discussion; and having done so, command what you please to

Socrates, who shall have the privilege of doing so to his right-hand neighbour, and so on to the others.”--“Indeed, there appears some justice in your proposal, Eryximachus, though it is rather unfair to induce a drunken man to set his discourse in competition with that of those who are sober. And, besides, did S...