Граф Монте-Кристо

Ideology.

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           "Oh,yesyes,Ido,sir;itisthepedeclaudooftheancients.Iknowallthat,foritiswiththejusticeofallcountriesespeciallythatIhaveoccupiedmyselfitiswiththecriminalprocedureofallnationsthatIhavecomparednaturaljustice,andImustsay,sir,thatitisthelawofprimitivenations,thatis,thelawofretaliation,thatIhavemostfrequentlyfoundtobeaccordingtothelawofGod."

           "Ifthislawwereadopted,sir,"saidtheprocureur,"itwouldgreatlysimplifyourlegalcodes,andinthatcasethemagistrateswouldnot(asyoujustobserved)havemuchtodo."

           "Itmay,perhaps,cometothisintime,"observedMonteCristo;"youknowthathumaninventionsmarchfromthecomplextothesimple,andsimplicityisalwaysperfection."

           "Inthemeanwhile,"continuedthemagistrate,"ourcodesareinfullforce,withalltheircontradictoryenactmentsderivedfromGalliccustoms,Romanlaws,andFrankusages;theknowledgeofallwhich,youwillagree,isnottobeacquiredwithoutextendedlabor;itneedstediousstudytoacquirethisknowledge,and,whenacquired,astrongpowerofbraintoretainit."

           "Iagreewithyouentirely,sir;butallthatevenyouknowwithrespecttotheFrenchcode,Iknow,notonlyinreferencetothatcode,butasregardsthecodesofallnations.

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