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For example, in a suit concerned
with the question of disinheritance a father may,
without reflecting on himself, say to his sons that
his act was of importance to his own interests,
and the same plea may be urged by a husband
accused of cruelty by his wile or a son who
alleges that his father is insane. But in such cases
the position of the man who seeks to avoid
loss is stronger than that of him who aims at
positive advantage.
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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