“ A judge is more and less than a man; he is less than a man, for he has no heart ”
Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three (1874). copy citation
| Author | Victor Hugo |
|---|---|
| Source | Ninety-Three |
| Topic | heart |
| Date | 1874 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ninety-three |
Context
“Captain Guéchamp appeared to see neither Cimourdain, nor Gauvain. He dropped his eyelids, which concealed his motionless eyes fixed on the notice of the decree, and considering it as one considers an abyss. He said,—
"The law is positive. A judge is more and less than a man; he is less than a man, for he has no heart; he is more than a man, because he has the sword. In the year 414 of Rome, Manlius put his son to death for the crime of having won a victory without his order. Violated discipline demands an expiation.”
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