[4]
The nature of the arguments put forward by our
opponent and the manner in which he produces them
will, however, make an enormous difference to our
task. We must therefore first consider what it is to
which we have to reply, whether it is part and parcel
of the actual case or has been introduced from circumstances lying outside the case. For in the former
case we must deny or justify the facts or raise the
question of competence: for these are practically
the sole methods of defence available in the courts.
Pleas for mercy,1
1 See vii. iv. 17.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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