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illud quoque studiosi
eloquentiae cogitent, neque omnibus in causis, quae
demonstravimus, cuncta posse reperiri; neque, cum
proposita fuerit materia dicendi, scrutanda singula
et velut ostiatim pulsandum,1 ut sciant, an ad probandum id, quod intendimus, forte respondeant, nisi
cum discunt et adhuc usu carent.
1 pulsandum, Francius: pulsanda, MSS.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1921.
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