OTHER PUBLICATIONS BY CLARENCE S. DARROW A PERSIAN PEARL AND OTHER ESSAYS A volume of essays beautifully printed and bound. $1.50 net; postage, 10 cents. THE WOODWORKERS’ CONSPIRACY CASE The argument of Mr. Darrow in the famous Kidd case. 10 cents. THE RIGHTS AND WRONGS OF IRELAND 10 cents. ADDRESS AT THE GRAVE OF JOHN P. ALTGELD 5 cents. REALISM IN LITERATURE AND ART 5 cents. CRIME AND CRIMINALS An address delivered to the prisoners in the Chicago County Jail. 10 cents. RESIST NOT EVIL A startling and vivid arraignment of the doctrine of force and punishment. In press. 75 cents. TALES FROM THE COURTS A volume of short stories. Illustrated. In press. FOR SALE BY CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY PUBLISHERS 56 FIFTH AVENUE, CHICAGO _Resist Not Evil_ _BY CLARENCE S. DARROW_ [Illustration] _CHICAGO CHARLES H. KERR & COMPANY MCMIII_ Copyright 1902 By CLARENCE S. DARROW TYPOGRAPHY BY MARSH, AIKEN & CURTIS COMPANY, CHICAGO PRESS OF THOS. P. HALPIN & CO., CHICAGO [Illustration] Judge not, that ye be not judged. _Matthew 7:1._ Ye have heard that it hath been said: An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. _Matthew 5:38, 39._ PREFACE It is not claimed that the following pages contain any new ideas. They were inspired by the writings of Tolstoy, who was the first, and in fact the only, author of my acquaintance who ever seemed to me to place the doctrine of non-resistance upon a substantial basis. After reading Tolstoy I determined to make a careful study of the subject, but on a thorough search of book stores and libraries could find next to nothing dealing with the question, while the shelves were crowded with literature extolling the glories of war and the beneficence of patriotism. The first part of this volume which deals with the state is very fragmentary, and in no wise so complete as can be found in many other volumes, but in the portion which deals with crime and punishment, I have found a much newer field, and one which has generally been discussed by those who have little practical knowledge of the machinery of courts of justice.