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256 LETTERS.
aside ordinary systems of justice, regardless of its contin-
gent irregularities, which seem to be the consequences of
its activity; for this love knows and feels within itself that
tt alone is able, in accomplishing its orbit, to adjust all in a
higher order; that 7¢ alone can ultimately “stop the evil on
earth.”
The labors of love manifest themselves herein in two di-
rections. The one has for aim to lighten pain; to atone
for errors, to obviate the consequences or to help to bear
them: the other aims at enlightening the understanding ;
to strengthen knowledge, and to encourage by conferring
a share in noble privileges and duties. Both unite in
taking’ an active part in ennobling and making others
happy. When the more favored ones on earth thus lower
themselves to the destitute, or the fallen, they must neces-
sarily eventually communicate to them the mind and the
power which they possess themselves, and in thus lowering
themselves, they can raise their fallen brothers to the step
of moral worth upou which they themselves are standing,
and become their saviours and the saviours of society. The
remedy against the momentary disorder, therefore, lies in
accomplishing the evolution, not in restraining it.
If now all this should be so, and I believe it zs so, then
do not let us fear the movements which originate in warm
feelings, in devout faith. They have in all times been life’s
prophets ; they hold in their hand the divining-rod, which
points out life’s hidden springs. Let them become free ;
but let the methodical thought follow them faithfully, light
them on their way, and give them the watchword to their
presentiments. Let wisdom guide the loving will, and
point out the way, prudently to promote the ecatl cause.
My letter has unconsciously swelled into a treatise. It
would frighten me, did I not hope that my kind reader
would also herein see my earnest wish to answer his ques-
tions and doubts to the best of my ability.
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