code: def xpath(self, *args, **kwargs):
          
          if "smart_strings" not in kwargs:
              kwargs["smart_strings"] = False
          return self.resource.xpath(*args, **kwargs)
docs: Perform XPath on the passage XML
  
          :param args: Ordered arguments for etree._Element().xpath()
          :param kwargs: Named arguments
          :return: Result list
          :rtype: list(etree._Element)