Both allude to the justifications which arrived too late: and in one or both, the criminal is spoken of as "poor" Signor Guido.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Their books, which number in the millions, all record justifications for theft; the more wise their aphorisms, and the more clever their turn of phrase, the more they justify theft, and the more we must deplore them...
"Down-with-the-Cities"
Nakashima, Tadashi
If in addition it teaches them a few catchwords of free-thought, a few smart blasphemies and syllogistic impertinences, this is of less consequence than at first sight appears, since these are attempted after-justifications, and no real causes of their unbelief.
"The Faith of the Millions (2nd series)"
George Tyrrell