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accuses Ligarius of having been in Africa, and complains that Ligarius refused to allow him to land
in Africa. At times, however, some ill-advised
statement by our opponent will give us an opportunity of demolishing his arguments. This is
specially likely to occur with speakers who have a
passion for producing impressive thoughts: for the
temptation to air their eloquence is such that they
take no heed of what they have said already, being
absorbed by the topic immediately before them to
the detriment of the interests of the case as a
whole.
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