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argumentum vero, quod quidem
est1 proprium rei—neque enim ullum aliud argumentum
vere vocari potest—rerum2 vox est, naturae vestigium, veritatis
nota; id qualecumque est, maneat immutabile necesse
est; non enim fingitur ab oratore, sed sumitur. qua re,
in eo genere accusationis si vincerer, succumberem et
cederem; vincerer enim3 re, vincerer causa, vincerer veritate.
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