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Chapter 22

           

           —Whosayswehavemorethantheslightestveneerofcivilizationcoatedoverourrawsavagerywhenagroupoflivingmencanasksuchaquestionofamanabouttodieandwhomtheyaretoseedie?

           ButJakewasevergame.“Gentlemen,”hesaid,“Ihopetolivetoseethedaywhencapitalpunishmentisabolished.”

           Ihavelivedmanylivesthroughthelongages.Man,theindividual,hasmadenomoralprogressinthepasttenthousandyears.Iaffirmthisabsolutely.Thedifferencebetweenanunbrokencoltandthepatientdraught-horseispurelyadifferenceoftraining.Trainingistheonlymoraldifferencebetweenthemanofto-dayandthemanoftenthousandyearsago.Underhisthinskinofmoralitywhichhehashadpolishedontohim,heisthesamesavagethathewastenthousandyearsago.Moralityisasocialfund,anaccretionthroughthepainfulages.Thenew-bornchildwillbecomeasavageunlessitistrained,polished,bytheabstractmoralitythathasbeensolongaccumulating.

           “Thoushaltnotkill”—piffle!Theyaregoingtokillmeto-morrowmorning.“Thoushaltnotkill”—piffle!Intheshipyardsofallcivilizedcountriestheyarelayingto-daythekeelsofDreadnoughtsandofSuperdreadnoughts.

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