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“But,” it may be urged, “a bad
man will at times produce an exordium or a statement
of facts, and will argue a case in a manner that
leaves nothing to be desired.” No doubt; even a
robber may fight bravely without courage ceasing to
be a virtue; even a wicked slave may bear torture
without a groan, and we may still continue to regard
endurance of pain as worthy of praise. We can
point to many acts which are identical with those of
virtue, but spring from other sources. However,
what I have said here must suffice, as I have already
dealt with the question of the usefulness of oratory.
[p. 357]
Quintilian. With an English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1920.
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