“I am sorry for the man who can’t feel the whip when it is laid on the other man’s back,” Lincoln once characteristically said.
The point
Lincoln's compassion: pity for those numb to suffering they do not personally feel.
“I am sorry for the man who can’t feel the whip when it is laid on the other man’s back,” Lincoln once characteristically said.
Lincoln's compassion: pity for those numb to suffering they do not personally feel.
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