"There is no man who has never looked upon a woman WITH/WITHOUT desire"?
In Atticus's closing speech he argues:> “Which, gentlemen, we know is in itself a lie as black as Tom Robinson’s skin, a lie I do not have to point out to you. You know the truth, and the truth is this: some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women—black or white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men. There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie, who has never done an immoral thing, **and there is no man living who has never looked upon a woman without desire.**”Should the last sentence end with:>"... **and there is no man living who has never looked upon a woman without desire.**” OR>"... **and there is no man living who has never looked upon a woman with desire.**”I have two copies of "To Kill a Mockingbird". One book has the first line, the other has the second line.I would like to know which sentence would make most sense in this context. Which one is correct?
Probably the second one. The first one contains two negatives: "never" and "without." Two negatives make a positive which doesn't make sense here. It would be necessary to read the passages preceding or following this sentence to know what the author has in mind.
