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Laws which are either written or founded
on accepted custom present no difficulty, since they
call merely for knowledge and make no demand on
the imagination. On the other hand, the points explained in the rulings of the legal experts turn either
on the interpretation of words or on the distinction
between right and wrong. To understand the meaning of each word is either common to all sensible
men or the special possession of the orator, while
the demands of equity are known to every good
man.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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