thousands
of years,
and
therefore
bear the
honored
title of
classics,
always to
write with
care.
Plato,
indeed, is
said to
have
written
the
introduction
to his
Republic
seven
times over
in
different
ways.6 As
neglect of
dress
betrays
want of
respect
for the
company a
man meets,
so a
hasty,
careless,
bad style
shows an
outrageous
lack of
regard for
the
reader,
who then
rightly
punishes
it by
refusing
to read
the book.
