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However, since we have lighted on this topic, let
us devote a little more time to considering the
practice of the schools. For it is in the schools that
the orator is trained, and the methods adopted in
pleading ultimately depend on the methods employed
in declamation. I must therefore say something
of those numerous cases in which figures have been
employed which were not merely harsh, but actually
contrary to the interests of the case. “A man condemned for attempting to establish himself as tyrant
shall be tortured to make him reveal the names of
his accomplices. The accuser shall choose what
reward he pleases. A certain man has secured the
condemnation of his father and demands as his
reward that he should not be tortured. The father
opposes his choice.”
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