“ In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people; they have no lawyers. ”
Edgar Rice Burroughs, A Princess of Mars (1912). copy citation
| Author | Edgar Rice Burroughs |
|---|---|
| Source | A Princess of Mars |
| Topic | happiness lawyer |
| Date | 1912 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/62/62-h/62-h.htm |
Context
“Customs have been handed down by ages of repetition, but the punishment for ignoring a custom is a matter for individual treatment by a jury of the culprit's peers, and I may say that justice seldom misses fire, but seems rather to rule in inverse ratio to the ascendency of law. In one respect at least the Martians are a happy people; they have no lawyers.
I did not see the prisoner again for several days subsequent to our first encounter, and then only to catch a fleeting glimpse of her as she was being conducted to the great audience chamber where I had had my first meeting with Lorquas Ptomel.” source
I did not see the prisoner again for several days subsequent to our first encounter, and then only to catch a fleeting glimpse of her as she was being conducted to the great audience chamber where I had had my first meeting with Lorquas Ptomel.” source
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