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In such cases we compare characters,
motives and other circumstances in the same way
as in eases of mutual accusation. Cicero, for instance,
in the pro Vareno diverts the charge from the
accused to the slaves of Ancharius and in the pro
Scauro throws the suspicion of Bostar's murder upon
his mother.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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