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I cannot understand why some hold that
the elaboration of speech originated in the fact that
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those who were in peril owing to some accusation
being made against them, set themselves to speak
with studied care for the purpose of their own defence. This, however, though a more honourable origin, cannot possibly be the earlier, for
accusation necessarily precedes defence. You might
as well assert that the sword was invented for the
purpose of self-defence and not for aggression.
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