Both Uses of
humane
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- Oak was an intensely humane man: indeed, his humanity often tore in pieces any politic intentions of his which bordered on strategy, and carried him on as by gravitation.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- The infantry have two most diabolical upward cuts, which we are too humane to use.†
Chpt 28-30
Definition:
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(humane) characterized by kindness -- especially a motivation to reduce suffering of others or of animals