[42]
Some therefore divide the exordium into two parts,
the introduction and the insinuation, making the former
contain a direct appeal to the good-will and attention
of the judge. But as this is impossible in scandalous
cases, they would have the orator on such occasions insinuate himself little by little into the minds of his
judges, especially when the features of the case which
meet the eye are discreditable, or because the subject
is disgraceful or such as to meet with popular disapproval, or again if the outward circumstances of the
case are such as to handicap it or excite odium (as for
instance when a patron appears against a client or a
father against a son), or pity (as when our opponent
is an old or blind man or a child).
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