No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings to man, but men fearing it as if they knew well that it was the greatest of evils. Justice is a fine name for the interest of the stronger. Might make everything right, and always has.
No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings to man, but men fearing it as if they knew well that it was the greatest of evils. Justice is a fine name for the interest of the stronger. Might make everything right, and always has.
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