Among the many virtues largely absent in the times in which we live is magnanimity to a gallant foe.
Ah, Mary pierced with sorrow,
Remember, reach and save
The soul that comes to-morrow
Before the God that gave!
Since each was born of woman,
For each at utter need—
True comrade and true foeman—
Madonna, intercede!
Rudyard Kipling, A Hymn Before Action
Not many gallant foes, either.
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