Saturday, August 15, 2009

Came across this today and felt compelled to share it.
"The forbearing use of power does not only form a touchstone; but the manner in which an individual injoys certain advantages over others is a test of a true gentleman (man, woman or child). The power which the strong have over the weak, the magistrate over the employed, the educated over the unlettered, the experienced over the confiding, even the clever over the silly; the forbearing and inoffensive use of all this power or authority, or a total abstinence from it, when the case admits it, will show the gentleman in a plain light. The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He can only forgive; he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which imparts sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. - General Robert E Lee