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THE DERVISH AND THE OFFENSIVE
STRANGER
The Dervish: I will say again, and yet again, and still again, that a good deed----
The Offensive Stranger: Peace, and, O man of narrow vision! There is no such thing as a good deed----
The Dervish: O shameless blasphe----
The Offensive Stranger: And no such thing as an evil deed. There are good impulses, there are evil impulses, and that is all. Half of the results of a good intention are evil; half the results of an evil intention are good. No man can command the results, nor allot them.
The Dervish: And so----
The Offensive Stranger: And so you shall praise men for their good intentions, and not blame them for the evils resulting; you shall blame men for their evil intentions, and not praise them for the good resulting.
The Dervish: O maniac! will you say----