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Appropriate style
also makes the fact appear credible;
for the mind of the hearer is imposed upon1 under the impression
that the speaker is speaking the truth, because, in such circumstances, his
feelings are the same, so that he thinks （even if it is not the case as
the speaker puts it） that things are as he represents them; and the
hearer always sympathizes with one who speaks emotionally, even though he really
says nothing.
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1 Or, “draws a wrong conclusion.”
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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