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It consists
of three parts, order, connexion and rhythm. The
method of its achievement lies in addition, subtraction
and alteration of words. Its practice will depend
upon the nature of our theme. The care which it
demands is great, but, still, less than that demanded
by expression and thought. Above all it is necessary
to conceal the care expended upon it so that our
rhythms may seem to possess a spontaneous flow, not
to have been the result of elaborate search or
compulsion.
[p. 593]
Quintilian. With An English Translation. Harold Edgeworth Butler. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1922.
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