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And it is equitable to pardon human
weaknesses, and to look, not to the law but to the legislator; not to the letter
of the law but to the intention of the legislator; not to the action itself, but
to the moral purpose;
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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