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Show GENEROSITY IN WAR TIME Some Historical Instances Are on Record, Though They Are Not Numerous. Instances of historical generosity are rare indeed. Of the few of record rec-ord the following may be briefly mentioned: men-tioned: After the defeat of Pomjey's army at Pharsalia Julius Caesar, instead in-stead pf ordering a general massacre : or enslaving of the conquered, issued ' an order according to every man of his own forces the privilege of ransoming ran-soming one of the enemy. It was thus that Julius made himself Caesar. After the fall of La Rochelle the English knights taken prisoners and unable to ransom themselves, were sent under a flag of truce home to England and there set free. The Eng-' lish, not to be outdone, chivalrously ; restored to the French an equal number num-ber of captive knights. From this incident in-cident came the custom of exchange of prisoners, so greatly ameliorating war's horrors. The exchange of kindly courtesies between Grant and Lee after Appomattox Ap-pomattox furnishes an American instance in-stance of the practical value of generous gen-erous actions. And another deserves recording: When the great hearted, wise minded Lincoln, reproaching the vindictive'1 of his cabinet who stigmatized play- : ing the delightful air of "Dixie" as "treasonable," said: "Not so; we captured cap-tured that tune with the other effects of the 'Lost Cause.' " |