"But He will pity us, He who pitied all men and understood all men and all things, He alone is the judge. In that day He shall come and ask: 'Where is the daughter who gave herself for a harsh and consumptive stepmother and the little children of another? Where is the daughter who showed compassion to that filthy drunkard, her earthly father, and did not shrink from his beastliness?' And He will say, 'Come unto Me! I have already forgiven thee...I have forgiven thee...Thy sins, which are many, are forgiven, for thou didst love much...' And He shall judge all men, and forgive them, the good and the evil, the wise and the humble...And when He has done with all men, then shall He summon us also: 'Come forth,' He will say 'ye also, ye drunkards, ye weaklings, ye infamous, come forth!' And we shall come forth without shame and stand before Him. And He will say: 'Ye are swine! ye are made in the image of the beast and bear his mark; yet come ye also unto Me!' And the wise and learned shall say: 'Lord, why dost Thou receive these?' And He shall say: 'I receive them, oh ye learned ones, inasmuch as not one of these has deemed himself worthy...' And He will stretch out His arms to us, and we shall fall at His feet and weep, and we shall understand all things. The we shall understand...and all shall understand...Lord, Thy kingdom come!"
-From Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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