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At times we
may base our arguments on the special circumstances
of the person involved. This may be done in various
ways: rank, for example, may be pleaded in defence
of the accused, or at times, on the other hand, may
be employed to prove his guilt on the ground that
he trusted to his rank to secure impunity. Similarly
poverty, humble rank, wealth may be used as arguments for or against the accused according to the
talent of the advocate.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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