[40]
I do not,
however, intend to discuss every possible theme,
[p. 131]
since fresh ones can always be invented, nor yet to
deal with all the questions to which they give rise,
since these vary with circumstances. But I cannot
help expressing my astonishment that Flavus,1 for
whose authority I have the highest respect, restricted
the range of quality to such an extent in the text-book
which he composed for the special guidance of the
schools.
1 i.e. Verginius mentioned in ยง 24.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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