On the record
Truth is illustrated by error, health is maintained by knowledge of disease, and crime itself is made repulsive by bringing its perpetrators to judgment.
Source
gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Truth is illustrated by error, health is maintained by knowledge of disease, and crime itself is made repulsive by…”
Editor's note · Context
Sumner reflects on the relationship between truth, knowledge, and the perception of crime.
Share
More from Charles Sumner
Consent of the governed necessary in forming new governments of, XII. 298.
Working-men of Europe, desire abolition of war, XVIII. 236.
Sovereignty of, belongs to the people, XVI. 28.
Slavery and the: speech in New York, XI. 433.
Other voices in this conversation
