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Human, All Too Human, Part 66 summary

Part 66 of 152 · 1 min to read the part

In 66, the speaker identifies a wrong committed against criminals: treating them as people who are bad. The statement turns attention from their crimes to the way others regard them and makes that treatment itself an offense.

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  1. The speaker identifies criminals as people against whom a wrong is committed.
  2. The speaker includes the collective we among those responsible.
  3. The wrong consists in treating criminals as morally bad people.

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What does the speaker identify as the wrong committed against criminals?

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