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As for those to be used in sudden emergencies, the
same method of inquiry must be adopted; we must look, not at what is indefinite
but at what is inherent in the subject treated of in the speech, marking off as
many facts as possible, particularly those intimately connected with the
subject; for the more facts one has, the easier it is to demonstrate, and the
more closely connected they are with the subject, the more suitable are they and
less common.1
1 The more suitable they will be, and the less they will resemble ordinary, trivial generalities.
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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