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The judge naturally
waits to hear what we can state in our behalf. If
we make no statement, he cannot help believing
that our opponent's assertions are correct and that
their tone represents the truth. What are we to
do then? Are we to restate the same facts? Yes,
if the question turns on the nature of the act, as
it will if there is no doubt about the commission,
but we must restate them in a different way,
alleging other motives and another purpose and
putting a different complexion on the case.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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