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           Aslessreprehensiblethantheft,highwayrobbery,crueltytochildrenandanimals,obtainingmoneyunderfalsepretences,forgery,embezzlement,misappropriationofpublicmoney,betrayalofpublictrust,malingering,mayhem,corruptionofminors,criminallibel,blackmail,contemptofcourt,arson,treason,felony,mutinyonthehighseas,trespass,burglary,jailbreaking,practiceofunnaturalvice,desertionfromarmedforcesinthefield,perjury,poaching,usury,intelligencewiththeking’senemies,impersonation,criminalassault,manslaughter,wilfulandpremeditatedmurder.Asnotmoreabnormalthanallotherparallelprocessesofadaptationtoalteredconditionsofexistence,resultinginareciprocalequilibriumbetweenthebodilyorganismanditsattendantcircumstances,foods,beverages,acquiredhabits,indulgedinclinations,significantdisease.Asmorethaninevitable,irreparable.

           Whymoreabnegationthanjealousy,lessenvythanequanimity?

           Fromoutrage(matrimony)tooutrage(adultery)therearosenoughtbutoutrage(copulation)yetthematrimonialviolatorofthematrimoniallyviolatedhadnotbeenoutragedbytheadulterousviolatoroftheadulterouslyviolated.

           Whatretribution,ifany?

           Assassination,never,astwowrongsdidnotmakeoneright.Duelbycombat,no.Divorce,notnow.Exposurebymechanicalartifice(automaticbed)orindividualtestimony(concealedocularwitnesses),notyet.Suitfordamagesbylegalinfluenceorsimulationofassaultwithevidenceofinjuriessustained(selfinflicted),notimpossibly.Hushmoneybymoralinfluence,possibly.