President Abraham Lincoln( at the end of the Civil War) when a Northern victory was assured and many wanted to punish the South for the ''rebellion''. On March 4, 1865, when Lincoln delivered his second inaugural speech said,''With malice toward none, with charity for all; with firmness in the right,let us.....do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and lasting peace, among ourselves,and with all nations''. Kenneth E.Bailey writes,that Lincoln exhibited makrothumia. The English language does not have a precise word for this vital character trait. Arabic does; it is the word halim. This form of patience characterizes the person who has the power to demolish the enemy,but out of love chooses not to do so'
'Jesus said'
' Love your enemies
and pray for those
who persecute you'
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