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And since sufferings are pitiable when they appear
close at hand, while those that are past or future, ten thousand years backwards
or forwards, either do not excite pity at all or only in a less degree, because
men neither expect the one nor remember the other, it follows that those who
contribute to the effect by gestures, voice, dress, and dramatic action
generally, are more pitiable; for they make the evil appear close at hand,
setting it before our eyes as either future or past.
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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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