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If, on the other hand, it be the
points in our favour which predominate, we may
even blend them with the others, since thus the
traitors in our camp will have less force. None the
less these points, both good and bad, must not be set
forth naked and helpless: those in our favour must
be supported by some argument, and then reasons
must be added why the points which tell against
us should not be believed; since if we do not distinguish clearly between the two, it is to be feared
that those which are favourable may suffer from
their bad company.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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