[6]
And yet such a general would bear a
very close resemblance to the advocate who leaves
much of the detail that is necessary for success to
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the care of others, more especially in view of the
fact that this, the most necessary element in the
management of a case, is not as difficult as it may
perhaps seem to outside observers. For every point
of law, which is certain, is based either on written
law or accepted custom: if, on the other hand, the
point is doubtful, it must be examined in the light
of equity.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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