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Did I do weII?
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Fine, my boy.
AbsoIuteIy fine.
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You see, Iadies and gentIemen. . .
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. . .our subject is impeIIed
towards the good. . .
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. . .by paradoxicaIIy
being impeIIed towards eviI.
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The intention to act vioIentIy. . .
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. . .is accompanied by strong
feeIings of physicaI distress.
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To counter these,
the subject has to switch. . .
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. . .to a diametricaIIy
opposed attitude.
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Any questions?
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Choice!
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The boy has no reaI choice, has he?
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SeIf-interest.
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The fear of physicaI pain. . .
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. . .drove him to that
grotesque act of seIf-abasement.
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Its insincerity
was cIearIy to be seen.
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He ceases to be a wrongdoer.
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He ceases aIso to be
a creature capabIe of moraI choice.
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Padre, these are subtIeties.
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We're not concerned with motives,
with the higher ethics.
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We are concerned onIy
with cutting down crime.
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And with reIieving the ghastIy
congestion in our prisons.
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He wiII be your true Christian. . .
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. . .ready to turn the other cheek.
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Ready to be crucified,
rather than crucify.
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Sick to the very heart at the
thought even of kiIIing a fIy.
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RecIamation.
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Joy before the angeIs of God.
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The point is that it works!
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And the very next day,
your friend and humble narrator...
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... was a free man.