God Sees the Truth, but Waits - by Leo Tolstoy
If there is an absolute truth, how does Fate vs. Free Will factor into the equation? What determines the course of our lives? How important is it to have a strong character? Is there justice in a situation like this? Let's find out...
"God Sees the Truth, But Waits" is a short story by Russian author Leo Tolstoy first published in 1872. The story, about a man sent to prison for a murder he didn't commit, takes the form of a parable of forgiveness. English translations were also published under titles "The Confessed Crime" and "Exiled to Siberia". The concept of the story of a man wrongfully accused of murder and banished to Siberia also appears in one of Tolstoy's previous works, War and Peace, during a philosophical discussion between two characters who relate the story and argue how the protagonist of their story deals with injustice and fate.
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