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Consequently, let the youth whom we
are training devote himself, as far as in him lies, to
the imitation of truth and, in view of the fact that
the battles of the forum that await him are not few,
let him strive for victory in the schools and learn
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how to strike the vitals of his foe and protect his
own; and let his instructor insist on his doing this
above all else and reserve his special approval for the
mastery of this art. For though young men may be
lured to evil practices by praise, they still prefer to
be praised for what is right.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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