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Otherwise we shall fall into serious
error, and after wasting our labour through lack of
method we shall fail to discover the argument which
we desire, unless assisted by some happy chance.
But if we know the circumstances which give rise to
each kind of argument, we shall easily see, when
we come to a particular “place,” what arguments
it contains.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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