HeisbeyondthePhilosopher.

    {33}Horaces"ArsPoetica,"lines372-3.ButHoracewrote"Nonhomines,nonDi"--"hermen,gods,erednshaveadmittedmediocrityis."

    {34}Themoralon-places.onPlace,"Lounis,"wasatermusedinoldrhetorictorepreseimoniesorpithysentencesofgoodauthorswhichmightbeusedftheningoradadiscourse;butsaidKeckermann,whoseRhetoricwasatext-bookinthedaysofJamesI.andCharlesI.,"Becauseitisimpossiblethustoreadthroughallauthors,therearebooksthatgivestudentsofeloquetheyhesuofbooksofonPlaces,likethatcollectedbyStobaeusoutofCicero,Seerence,Aristotle;butespeciallythebookentitledPolyanthea,providesshortandeffectivesentetoanymatter."FrequetothePolyantheacausedmanyagoodquotationtobehaeyed;thetermofrhetoric,"aon-place,"camethentomeanagoodsayingmadefamiliarbyincessantquoting,andtheninonspeeytritesayinggoodorbad,butonlywithoutwitinit.

    {35}ThusfarAristotle.Thewholepassageinthe"Poetics"runs:

    "ItisnotbywritinginverseorprosethattheHistorianaaredistinguished.TheworkofHerodotusmightbeversified;butitwouldstillbeaspeciesofHistory,nolesswithmetrethanwithout.Theyaredistinguishedbythis,thattheoeswhathasbeeherwhatmightbe.OnthisatPoetryismorephilosophical,andamoreexcellentthingthanHistory,forPoetryischieflyversantaboutgeruth;Historyaboutparticular.Inwhatmanner,forexample,anypersonofacertaincharacterwouldspeakoract,probablyornecessarily,thisisgeneral;andthisistheobjectofPoetry,evenwhileitmakesuseofparticularnames.Bu