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Everyone who pleaded for the
father indulged in figurative insinuations against the
son, on the assumption that the father would, when
tortured, be likely to name him as one of his accomplices. But what could be more foolish? For as
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soon as the judges grasp their point, they will either
refuse to put him to the torture in view of his
motive for desiring to be tortured, or will refuse to
believe any confession he may make under torture.
But, it will be urged,
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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