Revenge is a common passion it is the sin of the uninstructed. The savage deems it noblebut the religion of Christ, which is the sublime civilizer, emphatically condemns it. Why Because religion ever seeks to ennoble man and nothing so debases him as revenge.
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Buy my flowers,oh buy, I pray The blind girl comes from afar.
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Take away the sword States can be saved without it.
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