Excerpt from Quinctilian's Institutes of Eloquence, or the Art of Speaking in Public, in Every Character and Capacity, Vol. 2 of 2: Translated Into English, After the Best Latin Editions, With Notes, Critical and ExplanatoryIn like manner, speaking, without an order being Observed, is no other than a confused heap of words, ¿oating, like a Ship without a steersman, without any determined course. The speaker is guilty Of many repetitions, and many omissions, an is no better than a traveller wandering in the night-time in a strange country. For, having marked out neither be 'nuing, progress, nor end, he is guided by chance rat er than design.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.