Under the force of this view，it was perhaps inevitable that the art of rhetoric should pass from the status of being regarded as of questionable worth (because although it might be both a source of pleasure and a means to urge people to right action，it might also be a means to distort truth and a source of misguided action)to the status of being wholly condemned。
  

　　在这种观点的力量作用下，一件或许是不可避免的事情发生了：修辞艺术竟然从被视和具有让人怀疑的价值这样一种地位(因为尽管它有可能既构成一种歪曲真理的手段和误导行为的来源)转变到彻底遭谴责的地位。

　　难句类型：插入语

　　难点解析：本句的插入语堪称GRE和GMAT考试中最长的插入语之一。
  笔者曾在本书前面的讲解中强调过，这种插入语(三行以上)一定要在阅读中毫不犹豫地跳过，读完整个句子后再来读它。否则不但句意无法衔接，而且类似于本句中的from…to…的固定搭配，也会在插入语的干扰下远隔千山万水，在读者的大脑中永无聚首之日。
  

　　结构划分：Under the force /of this view，it was perhaps inevitable /that the art of rhetoric /should pass from /the status of /being regarded as /of questionable worth /(because although /it might be /both a source of pleasure /and a means /to urge people to right action，/it might also /be a means /to distort truth /and a source of /misguided action)/to the status of /being wholly condemned。