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Æacus replied,--
"Be assured of this--if you attend a sick person, and he dies, you will
be punished by death."
Ursus hazarded a question.
"And if he gets well?"
"In that case," said the doctor, softening his voice, "you will be
punished by death."
"There is little difference," said Ursus.
The doctor replied,--
"If death ensues, we punish gross ignorance; if recovery, we punish
presumption. The gibbet in either case."
"
I was ignorant of the circumstance," murmured Ursus. "I thank you for
teaching me. One does not know all the beauties of the law."
"
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"
Take care of yourself."
Religiously," said Ursus.
We know what you are about."
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