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human beings. Where there is always a desire of killing there is always a great deal of passion and if the human being on account of his inventive genius has discovered many things for the purpose of destroying them, yet he does not diminish the number of these animals; they must be destroyed every year. There are many other things which destroy human life, and the means taken to destroy them simply increase them, because it is not the right means. Evil is not to be averted by another evil, but by good. Even in great wars, where people have fought with one another a comyromise has been brought about by word of mouth and in no other way.' I think that this was also said by one of your presidents in his message (Lincoln). Therefore we always prefer the inode of forgiveness and not of offending in return. There is another reason why such a report as this that I have quoted comes to this country, of so nany hunau beings having been killed. It is this, that when a person dies the dead body is taken to the coronar's and a certificate must accompany it; and if such a certificate is not produced inquiry will be made, which would take so much time and trouble for the relatives of the person, that so nati'nes poor people who have never been under treatment of any doctor, and are compelled to produce this certificate, when they are asked from what cause the person died, will say that he died of snake-bite, in which case of course no physician
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