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...slipperiest slope is the one that begins, "Tout comprendre, c'est tout pardonner." To understand everything is to forgive everything. Put Jean Valjean on the moral sliding board. Instead of stealing candlesticks, have him line up seven people in a basement and shoot them in the head. You might have to rewrite Les Miserables a little. A realignment of sympathies will have occurred as to who is the innocent victim in the case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Difference Between Sin and Circumstance | 6/28/2001 | See Source »

...Valjean's situation becomes complicated by his involvement with Fantine, a girl with a sexual history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: May 18, 1998 | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

Searching for evidence, Javert calls for Valjean's business records and seeks information on Fantine's correspondence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: May 18, 1998 | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

Years later, still pursued, Valjean instructs his daughter to tell Javert nothing about her past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: May 18, 1998 | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

Javert tells Valjean he will never stop pursuing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: May 18, 1998 | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

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