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But at the present day it is absurdly laid down
that the narrative should be rapid. And yet, as the man said to the baker when
he asked whether he was to knead bread hard or soft, “What! is it
impossible to knead it well?” so it is in this case; for the narrative
must not be long, nor the exordium, nor the proofs either. For in this case also
propriety does not consist either in rapidity or conciseness, but in a due mean;
that is, one must say all that will make the facts clear,
or create the belief that they have
happened or have done injury or wrong, or that they are as important as you wish
to make them. The opposite party must do the opposite.
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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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