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legislators

have been

of a

middle

condition;

for

example,

Solon, as

his own

verses

testify;

and

Lycurgus,

for he was

not a

king; and

Charondas,

and almost

all

legislators.

These

considerations

will help

us to

understand

why most

governments

are either

democratical

or

oligarchical.

The reason

is that

the middle

class is

sel- dom

numerous

in them,

and

whichever

party,

whether

the rich

or the

common

people,

transgresses

the mean

and

predominates,