“Must it be? Must we then Render back to God again This, His broken work, this thing For His man that once did sing?” —Josephine Prestor Peabody. “And listen! I declare to you that if all is as you say—and I do not doubt it—you have never ceased to be virtuous in the sight of God!”—Victor Hugo. THE REBEL PROVES THAT HE IS LOST TO GOOD FORM AND RESPECTABILITY BY STEPPING BETWEEN A SINNER AND THE WAGES OF SIN, THUS EVIDENCING TO THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY HIS COMPLETE DEGENERATION |