Volume 1
Volume 1 - Chapter 1. Vae Victis!
_ VOLUME I CHAPTER I. VAE VICTIS!
This is undoubtedly the age of humanity--as far, at least, as England is concerned. A man who beats his wife is shocking to us, and a colonel who cannot manage his soldiers without having them beaten is nearly equally so. We are not very fond of hanging； and some of us go so far as to recoil under any circumstances from taking the blood of life. We perform our operations under chloroform； and it has even been suggested that those schoolmasters who insist on adhering in some sort to the doctrines of Solomon should perform their operations in the same guarded manner. If the disgrace be absolutely necessary, let it be inflicted； but not the bodily pain.
So far as regards the low externals of humanity, this is doubtless a humane age. Let men, women, and children have bread； let them have if possible no blows, or, at least, as few as may be； let them also be decently clothed； and let the pestilence be ke

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