sistency of wet plaster. By me energetic treat-
ment I had given him back pride and life. 
Then I made a number of signs to make 
him understand that I considered the discus-
sion at an end; and rising with the satisfaction 
of a sophist of the Portico I said to him, “Sir, 
you are my equal. Do me the honour to share 
my purse with me, and remember, if you are 
really a philanthropist, that you must apply to 
all your brothers when they ask alms of you 
the theory which I have had the pain of trying 
upon your back!” 
He swore emphatically that he had under-
stood my theory, and would take my advice.