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In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud a heroic deed.

Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Appreciation, War, Heroic Deeds
Thomas Wentworth Higginson (2007). “Outdoor Studies, Poems”, p.234, Reprint Services Corporation
In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud a heroic deed.