A Civil Action
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They're 10 to 1 against.
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Just about any bet at any table
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in any casino
anywhere in the world...

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is better than that.
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I have the evidence but not the
resources or the gambling spirit

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to appeal the decision in this case.
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I have no money, no partners,
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and, it seems, no clients any more.
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The Woburn case has become what it
was when it first came to me -

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an orphan.
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I'm forwarding it on to you,
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knowing you may not want it
any more than I did at first.

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If you do decide to take it on,
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I hope you'll be able to succeed
where I've failed.

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If you calculate success
and failure as I always have,

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in money divided neatly
into human suffering,

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the arithmetic says...
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I failed completely.
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What it doesn't say
is if I could go back,

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knowing what I know now and where
I'd end up if I got involved,

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knowing all the numbers,
all the odds,

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all the angles...
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I'd do it again.

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