Note 95 — Chapter III · RHETORIC IN THE DE ORATORE AND ORATOR OF CICERO[1]
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concinnitas (201). Cicero does not say explicitly what I have summarized in the last sentence above; but I think he implies it. He does not hint what Stevenson brings out in Some Technical Elements of Style in Literature, that subconscious rhythmical predilection may be a cause, or a determining factor, in adaptation.