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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Virginian by Owen Wister: hanging Wyoming cattle thieves in private, yes. You perceive
there's a difference, don't you?"
"Not in principle," said the girl, dry and short.
"Oh--dear--me!" slowly exclaimed the Judge. "I am sorry that you
cannot see that, because I think that I can. And I think that you
have just as much sense as I have." The Judge made himself very
grave and very good-humored at the same time. The poor girl was
strung to a high pitch, and spoke harshly in spite of herself.
"What is the difference in principle?" she demanded.
"Well," said the Judge, easy and thoughtful, "what do you mean by
principle?"
The Virginian | 
