On the ground of expediency we shall urge that, if the sacrifices are offered according to ancestral usage, it will be expedient either for individuals or the community at large in view of the payments of money which will be involved, and that it will benefit the citizens by creating a feeling of selfconfidence; for if heavy armed troops, horsemen, and light armed soldiers join in a religious procession, the citizens, priding themselves on such things, would feel greater confidence in themselves.