f but it is also troubling by suggesting there sometimes may be a conflict between the spirit of justice and the letter of the law. In deciding how to deal with Boo Radley, the sheriff trusts his own compassionate impulse more than he trusts the law and police procedure. And Atticus, the lawyer, agrees. In Anthony Burns, our hero eventually finds freedom and pursues his dreams. His saviour, Reverend Grimes is yet another example of how hope can be found in righteous human beings. Likewise in the documentary Education at Little Rock, there were those who believed in justice – from leaders such as John F Kennedy to the simple citizens as the lady who helped Daisy Banks escape the violent mob. The last two lines of The Abolitionist Hymn says thisBut let the hand that tills the soilBe, like the wind that fans it, freeJustice is not for all, but through the noble character of human beings, and pleas such as the desperate one just said, equality and justice can be for all man to enjoy, without limitation of race, age, gender or background....
