Human beings, themselves given to evil, are prone to deal untenderly with the tempted and the erring. They cannot read the heart, they know not its struggle and pain. Of the rebuke that is love, of the blow that wounds to heal, of the warning that speaks hope, they have need to learn.

Mennesker, der selv gør det onde, er rede til at handle ukærligt over for de fristede og vildfarne. De kan ikke læse hjertets tanker, de kender ikke dets kamp og smerte. De trænger til at lære om den dadel, der er kærlighed, om det slag, der sårer for at helbrede, om den advarsel, der rummer håb.