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pointed out, in dealing with the subject of jests,
how unseemly it is to take the position in life of
individuals as the target for our gibes, and also
have urged that we should refrain from insulting
whole classes, races or communities. But at times
our duty toward our client will force us to say
something on the general character of a whole
class of people, such as freedmen, soldiers, tax farmers or the like.
1 iii. 28.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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