Kitap 11
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Argument, being as a rule of a livelier, more energetic and aggressive character, demands a type of gesture adapted to its style, that is to say, it should be bold and rapid. There are certain portions of our arguments that require to be pressed home with energy, and in these our style must be compact and concentrated. Digressions, as a rule, are characterised by gentleness, calm and placidity, as, for example, in Cicero's description of the Rape of Proserpine, cp. IV. iii. 13. his picture of Sicily, cp. IV. iii. 13. or his panegyric of Pompey. In the lost pro Cornelio: cp. IV. iii. 13. For naturally passages which deal with subjects lying outside the main question in dispute demand a less combative tone.
1.165
There are occasions on which we may adopt a gentle manner in depreciating our opponents by giving a picture of their character, as in the following passage: From the lost pro Galio. I seemed to see some persons entering the room and others leaving it, while others were staggering to and fro under the influence of wine. Under such circumstances we may even allow the gesture to match the voice, and may employ a gentle movement from side to side: but this motion should be confined to the hands, and there should be no movement of the flanks.
