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In deliberative oratory, it is more useful that
the orator should appear to be of a certain character, in forensic, that the
hearer should be disposed in a certain way; for opinions vary, according as men
love or hate, are wrathful or mild,
and things appear either altogether different, or different in
degree; for when a man is favorably disposed towards one on whom he is passing
judgement, he either thinks that the accused has committed no wrong at all or
that his offence is trifling; but if he hates him, the reverse is the case. And
if a man desires anything and has good hopes of getting it, if what is to come
is pleasant, he thinks that it is sure to come to pass and will be good; but if
a man is unemotional or not hopeful1 it is quite the reverse.
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Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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