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 have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.—Matt. v. 38; Ex. xxi. 24.

But I say unto you, Resist not him that is evil: but whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.—Matt. v. 39.

And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.—Matt. v. 40.

Give to every one that asketh thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.—Luke vi. 30.

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.—Luke vi. 31. And all that believed were together, and had all things common.—Acts ii. 44.

And Jesus said, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the heaven is red.—Matt. xvi. 2.

And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the heaven is red and lowring. Ye hypocrites, ye know how to discern the face of the heaven; but ye cannot discern the signs of the times.—Matt. xvi. 3.

The system on which all the nations of the world are acting, is founded in gross deception, in the deepest ignorance, or a mixture of both: so that under no possible modification of the principles on which it is based can it ever produce good to man; on the contrary, its practical results must ever be to produce evil continually.—.

We have much studied and much perfected, of late, the great civilised invention of the division of labour; only we give it a false name. It is not, truly speaking, the labour that is divided, but the men:—Divided into mere segments of men—broken into small fragments and crumbs of life; so that all the little piece of intelligence that is left in a man is not enough