APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS
The ledger of the Almighty is strictly kept, and every one of us has the balance of his. operations paid over to him at the end of every minute of his existence. Life cannot exist without a certain conformity to the surrounding universe—that conformity involves a certain amount of. happiness in excess of pain. In short, as we live we are paid for living. * * 46 * It is to be recollected in view of the apparent discrepancy between men’s acts and then- rewards that Nature is juster than we. She takes into account what a man- brings with him into the world, which human justice cannot do. If I, horn a bloodthirsty and savage brute, inheriting these qualities from others, kill you, my fellow-men will very justly Jiang me, but I shall not be visited with the horrible remorse which would be my real punishment if, my nature being higher, I had done the same thing.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 March 1932, Page 1
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158APHORISMS AND REFLECTIONS Hokitika Guardian, 14 March 1932, Page 1
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