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Eloquence has, therefore, a quantity of different
aspects, but it is sheer folly to inquire which of these
the orator should take as his model, since every
species that is in itself correct has its use, and what
is commonly called style of speaking does not depend
on the orator. For he will use all styles, as circumstances may demand, and the choice will be
determined not only by the case as a whole, but by
the demands of the different portions of the case.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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