{"date":"October 1","id":"10-01","intro":["To-day the chief duty of a prince is to be the nation’s friend maker. Years ago princes desired supreme power and, by fair means or foul, strove for control. Machiavelli was a guide for such ambitious princes."],"minutes":19,"readings":[{"author":"Niccolò Machiavelli","end":44,"start":36,"volume":36,"work":"The Prince"}],"slug":"october-1","status":"proofread","title":"Princes To-day and Yesterday","url":"/harvard-classics/october-1/","words":3729}