Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1917 — Equity. [ARTICLE]

Equity.

Let the tears of the poor man find In them more compassion, but more justice, than the pleadings of, the rich. Try and discover the truth], as well among the promises and presents of the rich man as among the wailings and Importunities of the poor. Where equity can and should have place, charge not the rigor of the law upon the delinquent, for the fame of the righteous judge-stands not greater than that of the merciful. If perchance you should bend the rod of justice, let It not be with the weight of a bribe, but with that of mercy. When It should happen to thee to judge the cause of some enemy of thine, turn thy mind away from thine injury and set it on the truth of the case.—Cervantes.