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And yet there is an anger that purifies the heart:
The anger of the better against the baser part,
Against the false and wicked, against the tyrant's sword,
Against the enemies of love, and all that hate the Lord.
--
Righteous Wrath, st. 2 (January 1918).

 

Henry van Dyke

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