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All these points are actually to be
found in the case and are of considerable importance, but they are not such as to render victory
a certainty. In such a case they will, as far as
possible, search for daring or obscure reflexions (for
to-day obscurity is accounted a virtue), and they
will think they have given the theme a brilliant
treatment by ranting and raving over it. Those, on
the other hand, whose ideals are higher, but who
restrict themselves merely to the obvious, will note
[p. 33]
the following points, which are, however, purely
superficial.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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