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In point of law, no man can commit suicide; but in point of fact, men do.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In point of law, no man can commit suicide; but in point of fact, men do.”
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Sumner reflects on the paradox of legal definitions versus actual human actions, using suicide as an analogy.
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