Excerpt from Quinctilian's Institutes of Eloquence, or the Art of Speaking in Public, in Every Character and Capacity, Vol. 1 of 2: Translated Into English, After the Best Latin Editions, With Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryCicero's pieces upon eloquence are caleu lated for the use of professed orators. He is alike finished in all he advances, he preserves a wonderful propriety in his characters, and perspicuity in his precepts, he strikes us with admiration, he fills us with delight. We see the great orator in every period, and we never rise from him without secret emula tion, and confest improvement, which, of all authors, he knows best to inspire and com municate.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.