Граф Монте-Крісто

Toxicology.

           Man’swholelifepassesindoingthesethings,andhisintellectisexhaustedbyreflectingonthem.Youwillfindveryfewpersonswhowillgoandbrutallythrustaknifeintheheartofafellow-creature,orwilladministertohim,inordertoremovehimfromthesurfaceoftheglobeonwhichwemovewithlifeandanimation,thatquantityofarsenicofwhichwejustnowtalked.Suchathingisreallyoutofruleeccentricorstupid.Toattainsuchapoint,thebloodmustbeheatedtothirty-sixdegrees,thepulsebe,atleast,atninety,andthefeelingsexcitedbeyondtheordinarylimit.Butsupposeonepass,asispermissibleinphilology,fromtheworditselftoitssoftenedsynonym,then,insteadofcommittinganignobleassassinationyoumakean‘elimination;’youmerelyandsimplyremovefromyourpaththeindividualwhoisinyourway,andthatwithoutshockorviolence,withoutthedisplayofthesufferingswhich,inthecaseofbecomingapunishment,makeamartyrofthevictim,andabutcher,ineverysenseoftheword,ofhimwhoinflictsthem.Thentherewillbenoblood,nogroans,noconvulsions,andaboveall,noconsciousnessofthathorridandcompromisingmomentofaccomplishingtheactthenoneescapestheclutchofthehumanlaw,whichsays,‘Donotdisturbsociety!’Thisisthemodeinwhichtheymanagethesethings,andsucceedinEasternclimes,wheretherearegraveandphlegmaticpersonswhocareverylittleforthequestionsoftimeinconjuncturesofimportance.

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