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Subsequent writers on the history of oratory will
find abundant material for praise among the orators
who flourish to-day: for the law courts can boast
a glorious wealth of talent. Indeed, the consummate advocates of the present day are serious
rivals of the ancients, while enthusiastic effort
and lofty ideals lead many a young student
[p. 71]
to tread in their footsteps and imitate their
excellence.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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