The death-penalty inflicted upon criminals may be looked on in much the same light: it is in order that we may not fall victims to an assassin that we consent to die if we ourselves turn assassins.

对罪犯处以极刑，也可以用大体同样的观点来观察：正是为了不至于成为凶手的牺牲品，所以人们才同意，假如自己做了凶手，自己也要死。在这一社会条约里，人们所想的只是要保全自己的生命，而远不是要结束自己的生命；

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