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But
inasmuch as the study of philosophy has been
deserted by those who have turned to the pursuit of
eloquence, and since philosophy no longer moves in
its true sphere of action and in the broad daylight of
the forum, but has retired first to porches and
[p. 387]
gymnasia and finally to the gatherings of the schools, all
that is essential for an orator, and yet is not taught
by the professors of eloquence, must undoubtedly be
sought from those persons in whose possession it
has remained. The authors who have discoursed on
the nature of virtue must be read through and
through, that the life of the orator may be wedded
to the knowledge of things human and divine.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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