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καὶ τὴν μὲν γνώμην
τοιαύτην ἔχων ὁ συγγραφεὺς ἡκέτω μοι, τὴν δὲ φωνὴν
καὶ τὴν τῆς ἑρμηνείας ἰσχύν, τὴν μὲν σφοδρὰν ἐκείνην
καὶ κάρχαρον καὶ συνεχῆ ταῖς περιόδοις καὶ ἀγκύλην
ταῖς ἐπιχειρήσεσι καὶ τὴν ἄλλην τῆς ῥητορείας δεινότητα
μὴ κομιδῇ τεθηγμένος ἀρχέσθω τῆς γραφῆς, ἀλλ᾽ εἰρηνικώτερον
διακείμενος. καὶ ὁ μὲν νοῦς σύστοιχος ἔστω
καὶ πυκνός, ἡ λέξις δὲ σαφὴς καὶ πολιτική, οἵα ἐπισημότατα
δηλοῦν τὸ ὑποκείμενον.
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