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Show GENEROSITY IN WAR TIMES 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 Porogey's army at Pharsalia Julius Caesar, Instead In-stead of 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 Roohelle the English knights taken prisoners and unable to ransom themselves, were sent under a flag of truce home to England and thore set free. The English, 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 customs of exchange of prisoners,' so greatly ameliorating war's horrors. The exchange of kindly courtesies between Grant and Lee after Appomattox Ap-pomattox furniBhes an American instance in-stance of the practical value of generous gen-erous actions. - ' And another deserves recording: When the ereat hearted wIhr minrifH Lincoln, reproaching the vindictive of his cabinet who stigmatized playing 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.' " |