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There are occasions on which we
may adopt a gentle manner in depreciating our
opponents by giving a picture of their character, as
in the following passage:1 “I seemed to see some
persons entering the room and others leaving it,
while others were staggering to and fro under the
influence of wine.” Under such circumstances we
may even allow the gesture to match the voice, and
may employ a gentle movement from side to side:
but this motion should be confined to the hands, and
there should be no movement of the flanks.
1 From the lost pro Galio.
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