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conflict and exhibits a just state and contented citizenry. He is aghast at the fact that in England simple theft is so great a crime that it costs a man his life. As Hythloday asserts, ôThere was no reason to wonder at the matter, since this way of punishing thieves was neither just in itself nor good for the public; for, as the severity was too great, so the remedy was not effectualö (More 1516, 7). This reasoning i

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