“The ultimate evil is the weakness, cowardice, that is one of the constituentsof so much human nature. When, rarely, unalloyed nobility does occur, itschances of prevailing are slim. Yet it exists, and its mere existence is reasonenough for not wiping the name of mankind off the slate.”

John Simon

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