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it is not
immediately obvious what it is. And when we have
decided what it is, there remains the question of its
quality. These three points once ascertained, there
is no further question to ask. These heads cover both
definite and indefinite questions. One or more of them
is discussed in every demonstrative, deliberative or
forensic theme.
Quintilian. With an English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1920.
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