:35:00
Sure you have, Mac.
:35:02
And if these boys had more
than one life, I'd say go ahead.
:35:06
Maybe a little hangin'
mightn't do 'em any harm.
:35:09
But the sort of hangin'
you boys'd give 'em would be so -
:35:13
so permanent.
:35:20
Trouble is, when men start takin'
the law into their own hands...
:35:25
they're just as apt,
in all the confusion and fun...
:35:28
to start hangin' somebody
who's not a murderer...
:35:32
as somebody who is.
:35:34
Then the next thing you know,
they're hangin' one another just for fun...
:35:39
till it gets to the place
a man can't pass a tree...
:35:42
or look at a rope...
:35:44
without feelin'uneasy.
:35:48
We seem to lose our heads
in times like this.
:35:53
We do things together that we'd be
mighty ashamed to do by ourselves.
:36:00
For instance,
you takeJeremiah Carter yonder.
:36:05
There's not a finer, more decent,
God-fearing man in Springfield...
:36:09
than Jeremiah Carter.
:36:13
And I wouldn't be surprised if,
when he goes home...
:36:17
he takes down a certain book...
:36:19
and looks into it.
:36:23
Maybe he'll just happen
to hit on these words -
:36:27
"Blessed are the merciful,
for they shall obtain mercy".
:36:35
Why don't you put it down
for a spell, boys?
:36:37
Ain't it gettin'heavy?
:36:58
That's all I've got to say, friends.