Quotation

Age of uprising

the legend of Michael Kohlhaas
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Kohlhaas... Is your business so fragile that it can't stand the loss of two horses? === When I was a child, a rebellion broke out in a neighbouring province a little distance away. And one day, a beggar who had passed through that province brought into my father's house a rebel's manifesto. It was a feast day. There were guests in every room. The priest read out the first article and everyone started to laugh. My father tore up the manifesto and chased off the beggar, beating him with a stick. -Why? The peasants complained, in those twelve articles that they counted as less than our dogs. I was twelve years old. The great peasant rebellion took place a month later. === I've also broken the law. Sometimes. Like all men. I want to say... if there is a just God... I'm not sure what will happen. If I weigh on one side of the scales what I did and on the other side what was done to me...