[9]
To these proof's some authorities would add those
which they call pathetic or emotional. Aristotle1
indeed holds that the strongest argument in support
of a speaker is that he is a good man. This no
doubt is the best support, but to seem good is also
of value, though the semblance is but a bad second
to the reality.
1 Rhet. I. ii. 4.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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