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[T]he law of England is much more severe upon offences against…

Quote byH. Rider Haggard · 1856–1925

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Allan Quatermain (1887), Chapter 13, "About the Zu Vendi People".

English (original)

[T]he law of England is much more severe upon offences against property than against the person, as becomes a people whose ruling passion is money.

— H. Rider Haggard

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