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My purpose in discussing this topic at length is
not to lead the orator to enfeeble his style by
pedantic measurement of feet and weighing of
syllables: for oratory should possess a vigorous
flow, and such solicitude is worthy only of a
wretched pedant, absorbed in trivial detail:
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