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Title: Resist not evil

Author: Clarence Darrow


Release date: July 19, 2025 [eBook #76531]

Language: English

Original publication: Chicago: Charles H. Kerr & Company, 1902

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Resist Not Evil

BY
CLARENCE S. DARROW

CHICAGO
CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY
MCMIII

Copyright 1902
By
CLARENCE S. DARROW

TYPOGRAPHY BY
MARSH, AIKEN & CURTIS COMPANY, CHICAGO

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Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Matthew 7:1.

Ye have heard that it hath been said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Matthew 5:38, 39.