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$\"Cruelty$ <\/p>\n

Cruelty begets cruelty. It\u00a0doesn\u2019t matter if you learn this point from Jesus, the Doctor<\/a>, or somewhere else. Figuring out how to overcome evil not by repaying evil with evil, but by breaking the cycle of violence<\/a>, is\u00a0so hard that it seems impossible. But there is no other way.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"