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Excerpt from Lucretia, or the Children of the Night
In these persons there appear to have been as few redeemable points as can be found in Human N ature, so far as such points may be traced in the kindly instincts and generous passions which do sometimes accompany the perpetration of great crimes, and without excusing the individual, vindicate the species. Yet, on the other hand, their sanguinary wickedness was not the dull ferocity of brutes - it was accompanied with instruction and culture - nay, it seemed to me, on studying their lives, and pondering over their own letters, that through their cultivation itself we could arrive at the secret of the ruthless and atrocious pre-eminence in evil these Children of Night had attained - that here the monster vanished into the mortal, and the phenomena that seemed aberrations from nature were explained.
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In these persons there appear to have been as few redeemable points as can be found in Human N ature, so far as such points may be traced in the kindly instincts and generous passions which do sometimes accompany the perpetration of great crimes, and without excusing the individual, vindicate the species. Yet, on the other hand, their sanguinary wickedness was not the dull ferocity of brutes - it was accompanied with instruction and culture - nay, it seemed to me, on studying their lives, and pondering over their own letters, that through their cultivation itself we could arrive at the secret of the ruthless and atrocious pre-eminence in evil these Children of Night had attained - that here the monster vanished into the mortal, and the phenomena that seemed aberrations from nature were explained.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Edward Bulwer Lytton
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780331340952
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
Page Count - 385
Paperback
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ISBN - 9781331093923
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm
Page Count - 387
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