[52]
For the extraordinary care which he takes gives the
impression of confidence and carries such weight
when lie speaks that it does not permit us to feel
the least doubt and has all the force of genuine
proof. Further, the advocate who knows what are
the strongest points in his own and his opponent's
case will easily be able to decide what points it
[p. 345]
will be most necessary for him to emphasise or to
counter.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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