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But what of Aesehines, whom I mentioned
just now? Is not his style ampler and holder and
more lofty than theirs? And what of Demosthenes
himself? Did not he surpass all those simple and
circumspect orators in force, loftiness, energy, polish
and rhythm? Does he not rise to great heights in
his commonplaces Does he not rejoice in the employment of figures? Does he not make brilliant use of
metaphor? Does he not lend a voice, a fictitious
utterance to speechless things?
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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