All 3 Uses of
compassion
in
Candide
- Candide, yet more moved with compassion than with horror, gave to this shocking beggar the two florins which he had received from the honest Anabaptist James.†
Chpt 4 *
- If a famous surgeon had not taken compassion on me, I should have died.†
Chpt 24
- The other five kings listened to this speech with generous compassion.†
Chpt 26
Definition:
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(compassion) sympathy for another's suffering and wanting to help