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Man failing to govern himself
is like "a city broken down &
without walls" ~ – has naught
comely within – no defences without.

I He has no defences 'gainst [against]
Evil from without.

1 Must transport ourselves to the
East in early times. Must re-
-member how walls were built &
why – & what uses they served.

Babylon walls 87 thick x 350 high – 60
miles long ~

Nineveh walls 100 feet high – wide
enough for three chariots abreast.

2 Kept off wild beasts – bands
of robbers &c [etc.] by night – were a
protection vs [versus] enemies in war.