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CRIME IS TIMELESS

History renews itself into infinity.

Review Questions

Vocabulary:
principle, effectual, bridle, dispositions, bigotry, jaundice, hostility, creed, vengeance, revel, stave, zealous, magistrate, levy, laxity, distinctive, penitentiary, bully, yoke, torment, sentence, manslaughter, tranquility, social, perjury.

1. Explain: (a) crime is timeless; (b) shame as well as pain; (c) a perjurer was yoked; (d) ; (e) copious wickedness; .

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3. Why do you think Americans saw only tranquility where Canadians saw serious crime?

4. It was suggested that to solve the crime problem they should "bridle the unruly disposition." Explain what this means and how do you think this might have been done?

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