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CHAPTER IV
LAW OF RETRIBUTION
As every good act brings its own reward by the law of compensation, so every crime or wrong act brings its own punishment by the law of retribution, whether it is found in this life or in the next. When a robber robs another, he robs himself first. He who heats another is in reality cheating himself. No one can do wrong without suffering evil effect in the end. Wicked act and its result or reaction which we call punishment grow on the same stem. The former is like the flower and the latter is the fruit. The law of retribution is the inexorable necessity in nature. Every action reacts and brings its own reward or punishment first in the inner nature or soul, and then in the external circumstances in
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