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chund. His only sin lay in his clever-
ness. He exercised to the fullest that
instinctive gift that he had in him, inno-
cent or unconscious of the fate which was
tempting him as much as those who
followed him like a Rock of sheep. In
short, it may be wise to moralise after
the event. But there can be no doubt
that what is known as the '' mutton-
nature " of our common humanity had
gone out of hand and played the havoc.
It is not the purpose of this chapter to
absolve Mr. Premchund from any deli-
berate sins of commission of his own. For
all his conscious acts during the era of
speculation, which may have fairly and
legitimately wrought woe and distress
upon thousands, by all means indict him.
Let the impartial judge, weighing in the
scale all facts, but not the thousand and
one fictions propagated about him by
malice and misfortune, sternly judge him
and pronounce his verdict. Let him weigh
' Premchund in the balance, and by all
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ness. He exercised to the fullest that
instinctive gift that he had in him, inno-
cent or unconscious of the fate which was
tempting him as much as those who
followed him like a Rock of sheep. In
short, it may be wise to moralise after
the event. But there can be no doubt
that what is known as the '' mutton-
nature " of our common humanity had
gone out of hand and played the havoc.
It is not the purpose of this chapter to
absolve Mr. Premchund from any deli-
berate sins of commission of his own. For
all his conscious acts during the era of
speculation, which may have fairly and
legitimately wrought woe and distress
upon thousands, by all means indict him.
Let the impartial judge, weighing in the
scale all facts, but not the thousand and
one fictions propagated about him by
malice and misfortune, sternly judge him
and pronounce his verdict. Let him weigh
' Premchund in the balance, and by all
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