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I must now proceed to deal with the objections
which common opinion is practically unanimous in
bringing against this view. Was not Demosthenes
an orator? And yet we are told that he was a bad
man. Was not Cicero an orator? And yet there
are many who have found fault with his character as
well. What am I to answer? My reply will be
highly unpopular and I must first attempt to conciliate my audience.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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