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When Frederick the Great visited Potsdam Prison, every convict he spoke to professed innocence. Finally he encountered a thief under sentence of death. ‘Your majesty,’ he said, ‘I am guilty and richly deserving of punishment.’
‘Release this scoundrel,’ commanded the king, ‘before he corrupts all the noble innocent people here.’
‘Release this scoundrel,’ commanded the king, ‘before he corrupts all the noble innocent people here.’