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What does it mean?
Injustice persists when wrongs are not corrected and insults are not addressed.
In plain terms
Wrong things stay wrong if no one fixes them or fights back.
What can you take from it?
Unaddressed grievances lead to ongoing injustice.

Where it applies

  • social justice
  • conflict resolution
  • personal disputes

Putting it to work

  • address grievances early
  • advocate for justice
  • don't ignore insults

Questions to consider

  • What happens when society ignores injustices?
  • Is avenging insults always the right choice?

Another view

Seeking vengeance can sometimes create more harm than good.

More from William Wordsworth

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  2. The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way!

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  3. The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket.

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