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But, while no one
ever speaks against the view which he wishes to
prevail, he may wish something of greater importance than what he actually says. Thus the
disinherited son who asks his father to take back
another son whom he had exposed, and who had
been brought up by himself, on payment for his
maintenance, while he may prefer that he himself
should be reinstated, may all the same be perfectly
sincere in his demand on behalf of his brother.
Again, a kind of tacit hint may be employed, which,
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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