De Oratore, Rhetorica Tomus I. Cicero, Marcus Tullius, creator; Wilkins, Augustus S. (Augustus Samuel), d. 1905, editor
comprehenderit; sed primum id difficile est factu, praesertim in hac nostra vita nostrisque occupationibus; deinde illud etiam verendum est ne abstrahamur ab hac exercitatione et consuetudine dicendi populari et forensi. Aliud enim mihi quoddam orationis genus esse videtur eorum hominum, de quibus paulo ante dixisti, quamvis illi ornate et graviter aut de natura rerum aut de humanis rebus loquantur: nitidum quoddam genus est verborum et laetum, et palaestrae magis et olei, quam huius civilis turbae ac fori.
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Namque egomet, qui sero ac leviter Graecas litteras attigissem, tamen cum pro consule in Ciliciam proficiscens venissem Athenas, compluris tum ibi dies sum propter navigandi difficultatem commoratus; sed, cum cotidie mecum haberem homines doctissimos, eos fere ipsos, qui abs te modo sunt nominati, cum hoc nescio quo modo apud eos increbruisset, me in causis maioribus sicuti te solere versari, pro se quisque ut poterat de officio et de ratione oratoris disputabat.
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