[7]
Further, the true orator will not turn up his
nose at cases of minor importance on the ground of
their being beneath his dignity or as being likely
to detract from his reputation because the subject
matter does not allow his genius full scope. For the
strongest reason for undertaking a case is to be fund
in our duty towards our clients: nay, we should even
desire the suits in which our friends are involved to
he as unimportant as possible, and remember that the
advocate who gives an adequate presentment to his
case, has spoken exceeding well.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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