How to Improve the Memory
his own and is safe"; the conclusion, with the close of the speech.
These three grand divisions are subdivided as follows:
(1) Opening: (a) Why the advocate has undertaken to assist the prosecution. (b) Definition of the case.
(2) Body: (a) Description of the victim, (b) how the assassin entered the house, (c) how he reached his victim, (d) the location of the room and the victim. (e) The murder, (f) the retreat of the assassin, (g) his thoughts.
(3) Conclusion: (a) Exposing the delusion of the murderer, (b) description of his torture, (c) "murder will out."
Crime Its Own Detector
Daniel Webster
(1) (a) Against the prisoner at the bar, as an individual, I cannot
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