His acquaintance with the vicissitudes of fortune, as they have been exemplified in the lives of individuals, and with the severe afflictions that have 'tried the reins' of many, known only to himself, makes him an indulgent and charitable apologist of the aberrations of others.
Stevenson highlights the compassion that comes from understanding others' struggles.
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In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil.
My countrymen, the little settlement planted just three centuries ago near the spot upon which we have to-day assembled has under divine guidance grown into a mighty nation.
Looking back through the long vista of years, it is my honest belief that such singing as his, at home or abroad, I have never heard.
Life is a narrow vale between the cold and barren peaks of two eternities.