"It Is Not Evil That Conquers Evil, But Only Love"

"A few months [before their murder], when the [Romanov] family was still [under house arrest] in Tobolsk, Olga wrote the following letter on behalf of Nicholas, which essentially constitutes his last will and testament:

"'Father asks to have it passed on to all who have remained loyal to him and to those on whom they might have influence, that they not avenge him; he has forgiven and prays for everyone; and not to avenge themselves, but to remember that the evil which is now in the world will become yet more powerful, and that it is not evil that conquers evil, but only love'" (The Romanov Royal Martyrs, pg. 371).