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We shall, as I
have already said, never argue points in the statement of facts, but we may sometimes introduce
arguments, as for example Cicero does in the pro
Ligario,1 when he says that he ruled his province in
such a way that it was to his interest that peace
should continue. We shall sometimes also, if
occasion demand, insert a brief defence of the facts
in the statement and trace the reasons that led up
to them.
1 ii. 4. Ligarius was accused of having fought for the Pompeians in Africa. Cicero points out that he went out to Africa before the outbreak of war was dreamed of and that his whole attitude was discreet.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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