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48 from the course of truth, misled by favour or hatred, would punish me and expose me to shame." Brandt's diction, however, is simpler than Hooft's, his style generally clearer, and at its best not less vivid and impressive.  A lighter and more conversational prose was developed by Van Effen under French and English influence.