CHAPTER XIII.

JUSTICE.

_Jusrice is rendering to others what is
their due, and not only requires of us fair
dealing in matters of property, but it re-
quires of us fair dealing in all the intercourse
of life. Every kind of advantage we take of
others, even in the smallest things, bespeaks
the spirit of injustice, and is to be con-
demned.

The child that snatches away re
toys ; the shrewd and knowing boy that over-
reaches his more simple fellow in a barter of
penknives; the person who gives currency to
a scandalous tale ; all these are guilty, at the
bar of conscience, of the crime of injustice. ©

Oné of the most common and yet most
mischievous kinds of injustice is that of put-
ting falSe and injurious constructions on the
actions of others. How often do we hear

people say,—such a one is proud—that man
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