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Of course, as we all know, offences must come; but I have endeavored to carry out the Scriptural injunction and to make it a matter of woe unto him by whom they come.
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Roosevelt refers to a biblical principle about the consequences of wrongdoing, indicating his moral stance on offenses.
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