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Ugly Forgiveness

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 23, 1858

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 13, No. 5.

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Ugly Forgiveness

Ugly Forgiveness.—There is a kind of ugly forgiveness in this world—a kind of hedge-hog forgiveness, shot out like quils. Men take one who has offended, and set him down before the blowpipe of their indignation, and scorch him, and burn his fault into him; and when they have kneaded him sufficiently with their fiery fists, then—they forgive him.