"The first duty of love is to listen; the last duty of love is to forgive." - Anonymous

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst

27 February

“Talk about nose-bleed compassion! Which of Lincoln’s contemporaries – or our contemporaries for that matter - would ever say, ‘I don’t like that man; I must get to know him better’? When I’m in that place, I’m inclined to say, ‘I don’t like that man; I wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole!’ Or, ‘I don’t like that man; somebody should get to know him better.’ Or, ‘I don’t like that man; I should get to know him better.’ The rubber meets the road with what Lincoln actually said: ‘I must get to know him better.’ Frontal assault!” – Arnold Kunst