But would you require a wretched being, whose life is slowly wasting under a lingering disease, to despatch himself at once by the stroke of a dagger?

• 可是，假如一个不幸的人正被日益恶化的疾病慢慢耗去生命而无法阻挡，你能要求他自己捅上一刀，一劳永逸地结束其痛苦吗？