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We may further lend charm to our
speech by deferring the discussion of some points
after just mentioning them, thus depositing them
in the safe keeping of the judge's memory and afterwards reclaiming our deposit; or we may employ
some figure to enable us to repeat certain points
(for repetition is not in itself a figure) or may make
especial mention of certain things and vary the
aspect of our pleading. For eloquence delights
in variety, and just as the eye is more strongly
attracted by the sight of a number of different
things, so oratory supplies a continuous series of
novelties to rivet the attention of the mind.
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