1. Billy Budd (Full)
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229 239 In the juglery of circumstances
preceeding and attending the event ^ on board the Indomitable
and in the light of that martial
code whereby it was formally to
be judged, innocense and guilt 45
personified in Claggart and Budd
x in effect changed places. The palpable
^ Legally In a legal view the apparent victim of the tragedy, the man killed, was 45
he who had sought to victimize a
another, man blameless; and the ^ indisputable deed
of the blameless one man latter , navally regarded,
constituted the most heinous of martial military
crimes. Yet more. The essential
right and wrong ^ involved in the matter, the
clearer that might be, so much the
229 239 In the juglery of circumstances
preceeding and attending the event ^ on board the Indomitable
and in the light of that martial
code whereby it was formally to
be judged, innocense and guilt 45
personified in Claggart and Budd
x in effect changed places. The palpable
^ Legally In a legal view the apparent victim of the tragedy, the man killed, was 45
he who had sought to victimize a
another, man blameless; and the ^ indisputable deed
of the blameless one man latter , navally regarded,
constituted the most heinous of martial military
crimes. Yet more. The essential
right and wrong ^ involved in the matter, the
clearer that might be, so much the

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