Oh, of course, if there is a chance of saving him from a career of crime, I think one owes him that as a duty.
In the circumstances, the temptation was very great.

It must be a horrible thing to be so hungry that one is driven to robbery to satisfy the longing for food." "Yes, very horrible--very, very indeed.

I once knew a boy who stood as that boy stands--at the parting of the ways; when the good that was in him fought the last great fight with the Devil of Circumstances.

If a hand had been stretched forth to help that boy at that time ...

Ah, well! it wasn't.