However, although they seem to have little feeling for the naked and distressed soldiers, I feel superabundantly for them, and from my soul I pity those miseries which it is neither in my power to relieve or prevent.
This quote reflects Lodge's empathy for the suffering of soldiers and the limitations of his ability to help them.
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