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"If the common people do not fear death, Why scare them with death? If you can make them constantly fear death, And there are still those who commit evil, We could then arrest them and put them to death. Who would dare? Killing is normally the job of the executioner. To substitute the executioner to do the killing Is like chopping wood in place of the master woodcutter. For if you chop wood in place of the master woodcutter, It would hardly be possible if you did not injure your hand."