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begins the work of retribution, and the satisfaction of 

 justice. We might adduce the whole history of the 

 human family as a proof of the truth of this, but does 

 not that lie plainly to be seen in the pages of divine and 

 profane history, in the traditions of the nations and tribes 

 at present existing, and in the individual experience of 

 every living man and woman ? From the " origin of 

 evil," in the far distant past, to the elimination of evil, in 

 the far distant future, we apprehend that primitive ex- 

 periences must inevitably be the common heritage of the 

 sons of Adam. We claim, however, that the present 

 justifies the opinion that the work of elimination advances 

 apace, and that in time, and if not, in eternity, it will be 

 complete. 



