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In all general
questions, however, the essential basis is the same as
in a cause or definite question. It is further
pointed out that there are some questions which
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concern “things in themselves,” while others have
a particular reference; an example of the former
will be the question “Should a man marry?” of the
latter “Should an old man marry?”; or again the
question whether a man is brave will illustrate the
first, while the question whether he is braver than
another will exemplify the second.
Quintilian. With an English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1920.
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