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It will however as a rule be expedient for the
prosecution to employ massed arguments, and for
the accused to refute them in detail.
We must, however, also consider the manner in
which we should refute the arguments of our
opponent. If his statements be obviously false, it
will be sufficient to deny them. This is done by
Cicero in the pro Cluentio,1 where he denies that
the man alleged by the accuser to have fallen dead
on the spot after drinking the contents of the cup,
died on the same day.
1 lx. 168.
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