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IntheletterOnInjusticecancometheridiculousnessofthelawthattheeldergetsall."Myfriend, youwerebornonthissideofthemountain, itisthereforejustthatyourelderbrothergetseverything."
"Whydoyoukillme?"
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Helivesontheothersideofthewater.
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"Whydoyoukillme? What! doyounotliveontheothersideofthewater? Ifyoulivedonthisside, myfriend, Ishouldbeanassassin, , Iamahero, anditisjust."
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Onwhatshallmanfoundtheorderoftheworldwhichhewouldgovern?[109] Shallitbeonthecapriceofeachindividual? Whatconfusion! Shallitbeonjustice? Manisignorantofit.
Certainlyhadheknownit, hewouldnothaveestablishedthismaxim, themostgeneralofallthatobtainamongmen, , ; ; ; righthasitsepochs; ! TruthonthissideofthePyrenees, errorontheotherside.
Menadmitthatjusticedoesnotconsistinthesecustoms, butthatitresidesinnaturallaws, , ifrecklesschancewhichhasdistributedhumanlawshadencounteredevenonewhichwasuniversal; butthefarceisthatthecapriceofmenhassomanyvagariesthatthereisnosuchlaw.
Theft, incest, infanticide, parricide, , andbecausehisrulerhasaquarrelwithmine, thoughIhavenonewithhim?
Doubtlesstherearenaturallaws; ;[110] quodnostrumdicimus, —consultisetplebiscitiscriminaexercentur.[111] Utolimvitiis, sicnunclegibuslaboramus.[112]
