Excellent was that law which, in order to maintain this division of lands in a democracy, ordained that a father who had several children should pitch upon one of them to inherit his portion, and leave the others to be adopted, to the end that the numbers of citizens might always be kept upon an equality with that of the divisions.
Demokrazian lur-banaketa honi eusteko, ona zen zenbait seme-alaba zituen aitak bere lur-zatia haietariko bati emateko agintzen zuen legea, eta beste seme-alabak haurrik ez zuen norbaiten esku uzteko seme edo alabakotzat har zitzan, hartara hiritar-kopurua eta lur-zatiena berdinak izaten segituko baitzuten.