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Oft evil will shall evil mar.
![213. The twentieth-century Catholic author
J.R.R. Tolkien, in the words of a protagonist in one of his novels, described our responsibility in this way: "It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till." [187] The civilization of love will not arise from a single or spectacular gesture, but from the sum total of small and steadfast acts of
fidelity that serve as a bulwark against dehumanization. For this reason, it is worthwhile pausing to reflect on some aspects of how we, each in our own way, can cooperate in building the civilization of love. Without presuming to
exhaust this theme, I would like to propose five paths toward daily and public responsibility: the need to disarm words, building peace through justice, adopting the perspective of victims, cultivating a healthy realism and reviving dialogue and multilateralism.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sbbn6temuyaujzydakixrohp/bafkreiazrvgbjtfvlsttqnuyp7fpxvzihxanmigwffyyg2ti2ldfitoqpe)
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In addition to remedies ordered under the
applicable statutes governing marriage breakdown,
marriage
including child support, spousal support and equalization of family property, Ms. Ahluwalia
who was self-
represented at trial — was awarded $150,000 in damages for what the trial judge characterized as the novel tort of
family violence. The trial judge would have awarded, in the](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sbbn6temuyaujzydakixrohp/bafkreifefenyrycqtoimzboqxlx2dqrhbvahp2xswl7zzbjzbmpceogn6y)
