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who holds that Lucilius' verse has a “muddy flow,
[p. 55]
and that there is always something in him that
might well be dispensed with.” For his learning is
as remarkable as his freedom of speech, and it is
this latter quality that gives so sharp an edge and
such abundance of wit to his satire. Horace is far
terser and purer in style, and must be awarded the
first place, unless my judgment is led astray by my
affection for his work. Persius also, although he
wrote but one book, has acquired a high and
well-deserved reputation, while there are other
distinguished satirists still living whose praises will
be sung by posterity.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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