had this experience, and was sad and distressed, and could not praise himself for coming to Athens. He was seeking what he had hoped, and he called Athens an empty happiness. Such were his feelings. As for myself, I strove to dispel his disappointment for the most part by entering into discussion with him and soothing him by my arguments. I told him, and this was true, that just as a man’s character is not to be detected immediately, but only after a long time and an intimate association, so culture