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Since then the orator is a good man, and such
goodness cannot be conceived as existing apart from
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virtue, virtue, despite the fact that it is in part
derived from certain natural impulses, will require to
be perfected by instruction. The orator must above
all things devote his attention to the formation of
moral character and must acquire a complete knowledge of all that is just and honourable. For without
this knowledge no one can be either a good man or
skilled in speaking,
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