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But the most attractive form of peroration is
that which we may use when we have an opportunity of drawing some argument from our opponent's
speech, as for instance when we say “He omitted to
deal with this portion of tile case,” or “He preferred
to crush us by exciting odium against us,” or “He
had good reason for resorting to entreaty, since lie
knew certain facts.”
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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