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A Peculiar Sage Advocates Harsh Civic Rule
An eccentric tale features Abou advising Albany lawmakers on a brutal system: public executions for bank failures and mismanagement, postmaster hirings, and rail accidents. The sage recounts Teheran Ispahan practices, claiming such harsh consequences produce a disciplined, crime-free society, and urges a single universal penalty for all crimes.
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Gove
Abou
Albany
New York
State of
Sage
Gilead
Persia
Teheran
Ispahan
First National Bank of
Persian Gulf
Meyer