# Dedication explained — The Sword of Damocles

> Chapter companion for The Sword of Damocles by Anna Katharine Green.

## What happens

The author dedicates the book to their father, acknowledging the principles of justice and mercy instilled in them from childhood.

## Themes in this chapter

### Justice and Mercy

The dedication explicitly mentions the principles of justice and mercy as guiding values.

## Key lines

> To My father I dedicate this book as expressing some of the principles of justice and mercy which, by precept and example, he has instilled into my breast from early childhood.

This book is dedicated to my father, who taught me the values of justice and mercy through his words and actions since I was young.

_The dedication highlights the author's gratitude and the foundational influence of their father._

## Links

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- All chapters: https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_sword_of_damocles_se/chapters