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THE COUNCIL OF JUSTICE.FOREWORD.IT is not for you or me to judge Manfred and his works. I say " Manfred," though I might as well have said " Gonsalez," or for the matter of that " Poiccart," since they are equally guilty or great according to the hght in which you view their acts. The most lawless of us would hesitate to defend them, but the greater humanitarian could scarcely condemn them.From the standpoint of us, who live within the law, going about our business in conformity with the code, and unquestioningly keeping to the left or to the right as the pohce direct, their methods were terrible, indefensible, revolting.It does not greatly affect the issue that, for want of a better word, we call them criminals. Such would be mankind's unanimous designation, but I thinkindeed, I knowthat they were indifferent to the opinions of the human race. I doubt very much whether they expected posterity to honour them.Once they were engaged in an academical argument on heraldryManfred said that the motto of the Enghsh Royal House most nearly reflected his attitude to the world" Were it ' For God and the Right' it would be flawless," he said.