If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility.
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Original Citation
De Quincey, Thomas. "On Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts." Blackwood's Magazine, 1827.
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Current Citation
De Quincey, Thomas. On Murder, edited by Robert Morrison. Oxford University Press, 2009.
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