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REPENTANCE. 157 ing temptation as long as you live, there- fore I want you to begin while you are young. You must resist the temptation of striking your brother when he does wrong, and resist the temptation of tast- ing red plums that do not belong to you. You cannot always fly from temptation, but you must learn to resist it. I do not wish you to go on the other side of the road to school. I wish you to see red plums without feeling any inclination to taste them." Now I have set before you the four things which I promised at the beginning, and which alone make true repentance, Digitized by Google