Agesilaus was among the first rulers to realise the futility of trying to shut off a city from the rest of the world by setting up a wall about it. Asked why there was a protective circle of stone and mortar around the city of Sparta, the wise ruler replied: “It saves the expense of gatekeepers. * *
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Kaikoura Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 56, 20 July 1944, Page 1
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