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Xenophon\u2019s Cyrus provides a good illustration of Elias\u2019s theory: \u201cHe trained his associates also not to spit or to wipe the nose in public, and not to turn round to look at anything, as being men who wondered at nothing. All this he thought contributed, in some measure, to their appearing to their subjects men who could not lightly be despised.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Xenophon\u2019s Cyrus provides a good illustration of Elias\u2019s theory: \u201cHe trained his associates also not to spit or to wipe the nose in public, and not to turn round to look at anything, as being men who wondered at nothing. 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