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 Let us seek to hasten that end. "Carthago delenda est." Government is violence, Christianity is meekness, non-resistance, love. And, therefore, government cannot be Christian, and a man who wishes to be a Christian must not serve government. Government cannot be Christian. A Christian cannot serve government. Government cannot and so on.

It is curious that just when you wrote to me about the incapability of governmental activity with Christianity, I was writing a long letter on the same theme to a lady acquaintance. I send you a copy of that letter. You are at liberty to publish it if you wish to do so.