Summary Of - Justice

The girl looked into the mirror and saw her own village—the river, the mountain, the rich, the poor, the strong, the weak.

An elder stepped forward. "These are the faces of Justice," she said. "But to understand her, you must hear her story." summary of justice

And so the village kept telling its story, adjusting the scales, tying the blindfold, and polishing the mirror—knowing that perfect justice was a distant summit, but that the only unforgivable act was to stop the climb. The girl looked into the mirror and saw

The elder smiled. "Now you ask the final question." "But to understand her, you must hear her story

Finally, the people added the Blindfold. They placed it over the eyes of the one who held the scales and the sword. "You will not see if the person before you is rich or poor, friend or stranger, from the mountain or the river," they commanded. "You will see only the act and the rule." This was —the promise that every person, no matter their power, would be measured by the same law. The widow and the lord now stood as equals before the blindfolded judge.