Birmingham.
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Minor Notes.
_Injustice, its Origin._--In looking through a file of papers a few days
since, I met with the following as being the origin of this term, and would
ask if it is correct?
"When Nushervan the Just was out on a hunting excursion, his
companions, on his becoming fatigued, recommended him to rest, while
they should prepare him some food. There being no salt, a slave was
dispatched to the nearest village to bring some. But as he was going,
Nushervan said, 'Pay for the salt you take, in order that it may not
become a custom to rob, and the village ruined.' They said, 'What harm
will this little quantity do?' He replied, The _origin of injustice_ in
the world was at first small, but every one that came added to it,
until it reached its present magnitude.'"