Sentence:  The preposterous altruism too!...Resist not <WSD>evil</WSD>. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Moral badness; wickedness; malevolence; the forces or behaviors that are the opposite or enemy of good.