[113] But it is not entrusted to any person who is not initiated in wisdom to dig this well, but only to kings, on which [55] [56] account it is said, "Kings hewed it out of stone." [57] For it is the office of mighty rulers to investigate and to establish wisdom, not meaning those who with their arms have subdued sea and land, but those who with the powers of the soul have fought against and subdued its diversified, and mingled, and confused multitude.