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But if the question is whether
an act has been committed or what its nature may
be, even though everything be against us, how can
we avoid a statement of facts without gross neglect
of our case? The accuser has made a statement of facts
facts, and has done so not merely in such a way as
to indicate what was done, but has added such
comments as might excite strong prejudice against
us and made the facts seem worse than they are
by the language which he has used. On the top
of this have come the proofs, while the peroration
has kindled the indignation of the judges and left
them full of anger against us.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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