Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler, 11.2.29

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[29] nemo etiam fere tam infelix, ut, quod cuique loco signum destinaverit, nesciat. at , si tardus ¹ ad hoc, eo quoque adhuc remedio utetur ² ut ipsae notae (hoc enim est ex illa arte non inutile) aptentur ³ ad eos qui excidunt sensus: ancora ⁴ ut supra pro posui, si de nave dicendum est, ⁵ spiculum, si de proelio.

Institutio Oratoria. Quintilian. ed. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge, Mass.. 1920-1922.

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[29] An impudent, disorderly, or angry tone is always unseemly, no matter who it be that assumes it; and it becomes all the more reprehensible in proportion to the age, rank, and experience of the speaker. But we are familiar with the sight of certain brawling advocates who are restrained neither by respect for the court nor by the recognised methods and manners of pleading. The obvious inference from this attitude of mind is that they are utterly reckless both in undertaking cases and in pleading them.

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1. at, Halm : ut, G.: tardus, an early emendation: trandus, G: tradendus, late MSS.

2. utetur, Halm : utitur, MSS.

3. aptentur, Hiecke: adtentus. MSS.

4. ancora, Hiecke: ancoram, MSS.

5. est, Halm : esset, MSS.

Quintilian Institutio Oratoria 11.2.29

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