Enormous risk makes men devote a great deal of thought to the problem of executing a crime in safety

Enormous risk makes men devote a great deal of thought to the problem of executing a crime in safety, and they take no steps until they have completely secured themselves against suspicion. Antiphon. First Tetralogy. Speech 2. Tetralogy 1. Section 2.

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