[43]
In this case those paragons of eloquence,
who laugh at us because we trouble our heads about
cases that rarely occur, will always assume the
popular rôle. They will defend the uneducated
against the eloquent son, the brave against the
coward, the son who secured the recall of his kin
against the ungrateful son, the son who is content
with a portion of the inheritance against the son
who would refuse his brother a share in their
patrimony.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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