It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
[Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]

Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
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Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as
prejudicial to society.
- James Anthony Froude,

Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.

Providence sees to it that no man gets happiness out of crime.

But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
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But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
Have each their record, with a curse annex'd.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!

A man who has no excuse for a crime, is indeed defenceless!

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.

Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.