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A speech has
two parts. It is necessary to state the subject, and then to prove it. Wherefore
it is impossible to make a statement without proving it, or to prove it without
first putting it forward; for both he who proves proves something, and he who
puts something forward does so in order to prove it.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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