A Book of Remarkable Criminals

Irving, Henry Brodribb, 1870-1919

TO MY FRIEND E. V. LUCAS

"For violence and hurt tangle every man in their toils, and for the most part fall on the head of him from whom they had their rise; nor is it easy for one who by his act breaks the common pact of peace to lead a calm and quiet life."

Lucretius on the Nature of Things.