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For the present I must add that I do not even
agree with those who hold that arguments should always be expressed in language which is not only pure,
lucid and distinct, but also as free as possible from
all elevation and ornateness. I readily admit that
[p. 369]
arguments should be distinct and clear, and further
that in arguments of a minor character the language
and words should be as appropriate and as familiar
as possible.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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