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To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is godlike.
-Horace Mann
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To Pity Distress Is But Human; To

Horace Mann
To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is godlike.
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Pity is not natural to man. children are always cruel. savages are always cruel. pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. we may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.
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