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Ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἐν πράγμασι τὸ μεγαλοπρεπές, ἂν μεγάλη καὶ διαπρεπὴς πεζομαχία ἢ ναυμαχία, ἢ περὶ οὐρανοῦ ἢ περὶ γῆς λόγος: ὁ γὰρ τοῦ μεγάλου ἀκούων πράγματος εὐθὺς καὶ τὸν λέγοντα οἴεται μεγάλως λέγειν πλανώμενος: δεῖ γὰρ οὐ τὰ λεγόμενα σκοπεῖν, ἀλλὰ πῶς λέγεται: ἔστι γὰρ καὶ μεγάλα μικρῶς λέγοντα ἀπρεπὲς ποιεῖν τῷ πράγματι. διὸ καὶ δεινούς τινάς φασιν, ὥσπερ καὶ Θεόπομπον, δεινὰ οὐ δεινῶς λέγοντας. [p. 108]
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