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be regarded as mere peccadilloes or errors of judg- 

 ment may yet lead, under slightly unfavourable 

 conditions, to the direst results in succeeding ones. 

 To attempt to lay down any rules by which the degree 

 of culpability attaching to any individual can be deter- 

 mined is entirely vain. The utmost we can say in a 

 general way is that our deeds, be they white or be 

 they black, are written in the vibrations of our 

 nerve-cells and in those of our descendants. 



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