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when
we should omit the statement of facts altogether;
when we should begin by dealing with the arguments
advanced by our opponents, and when with our own;
when we should place the strongest proofs first and
when the weakest; in what cases we should prefix
questions to the exordium, and what preparation is
necessary to pave the way for these questions; what
arguments the judge will accept at once, and to
what he requires to be led by degrees; whether we
should refute our opponent's arguments as a whole
or in detail; whether we should reserve emotional
appeals for the peroration or distribute them throughout the whole speech; whether we should speak first
of law or of equity; whether we should first advance
(or refute) charges as to past offences or the charges
connected with the actual trial;
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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