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For my own part, I regard clearness as the first
essential of a good style: there must be propriety
in our words, their order must be straightforward,
the conclusion of the period must not be long postponed, there must be nothing lacking and nothing
superfluous. Thus our language will be approved
by the learned and clear to the uneducated. I am
speaking solely of clearness in style, as I have
already dealt with clearness in the presentation
of facts in the rules I laid down for the statement
of the case.
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