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after all, that mainly influences men to obey civil laws'r" 

 asked the Professor; " and do you imagine, for a moment, 

 that laws would be generally obeyed if the punishments of 

 their infraction were removed?" 



"That is for the philosopher and not the lawyer to 

 answer." replied the NYophyte. 'However, it is apparent 

 to anv one but a dull observer, that criminal laws and their 

 penalties really intlueiicc only the smaller portion of civil 

 i/.t'd mankind ; but the line of demarcation, properly drawn, 

 would be as great a curiosity as an isothermal line across 

 the continent. Station, rank, wealth or poverty, education 

 or ignorance, in themselves do not fix the line, it sweeps 

 high, it sweeps low, it runs strangely, to human eyes, but 

 it runs by a law a> clear to the Mind which can see the man 

 thai is hid in the body, as the isothermal line is to the wise 

 student of nature. It goes by character, and character 

 isn't reputation or position. " 



The pipes were all empty. The breakfast dishes having 

 been cleared up, and all'airs at camp tidied up in general, 

 the iruide.x >auntered down to the rocks where we sat. 



'Well, what next?" said the Captain. "From my 

 small text about not going a fishing, you men of words have 

 spun a rather lengthy sermon, enough for to day, 1 guess." 



"I propose," said IJcnson, "that we take a row around 

 the l..ke. It's better than sitting hen the Professor may 

 break lon-e next. To avoid all criticism, I'll suggest that 

 tin- -uides do all th- rowing, and that we reduce the 

 number ot oar strokes from a hundred and fifty to say 



