The Crucifixion and other historical precedents notwithstanding, many of us still believe that outstanding goodness is a kind of armor, that virtue, seen plain and bare, gives pause to criminality. But perhaps it is the other way around. - Mary McCarthy

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Mary McCarthy: "The Crucifixion and other historical precedents notwithstanding, many of us still believe that outstanding goodness is a kind of armor, that virtue, seen plain and bare, gives pause to criminality. But perhaps it is the other way around."

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Armor	Around	Bare	Believe
Criminality	Crucifixion	Gives	Goodness
Historical	Kind	Notwithstanding	Other
Outstanding	Pause	Perhaps	Plain
Precedents	Still	Virtue

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