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But the argument which is suited to the
case, (and nothing else can properly be called argument) is the voice of circumstances, the
traces of nature, the mark of truth; and of whatever sort it be, it must remain immutable, for
it is not invented by the orator, but assumed. Wherefore, if I were worsted by that sort of
accusation, I should yield and submit; I should be defeated in every respect. I should be
defeated in the cause, I should be defeated by truth.
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M. Tullius Cicero. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, literally translated by C. D. Yonge, B. A. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1856.
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