The Cases of Detective Jim Hanvey
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Octavus Roy Cohen. The Cases of Detective Jim Hanvey
The Cases of Detective Jim Hanvey
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Fish Eyes
Homespun Silk
Common Stock
Helen of Troy, N. Y
Caveat Emptor
The Knight’s Gambit
Pink Bait
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Octavus Roy Cohen
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That pleased him. He wanted to be hard, cultivated a gelid philosophy.
“Sentiment serves no man well, Phyllis. My hardness has made possible financial ease for us—and consequent contentment. I have no conscience. Neither has the average man. Conscience is the fear of being caught. We are all inherently immoral. It was not wrong for the primitive man to steal. He took what he could get away with. Right and wrong are products of legislation, of artificial ethical culture. They are not part of us; we are inoculated with them. They are utterly foreign to us. In taking this money I have committed no natural crime. By statute only am I a criminal. I am not ashamed of what I have done. I would be ashamed of detection.”
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