4-Mercy at Appomatto I. Oral Work o With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation,s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations Abraham Lincoln, his Second Inaugural Speech W BTLE To be continued on the next page
W B T L E I. Oral Work With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan— to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations. Abraham Lincoln, his Second Inaugural Speech To be continued on the next page. Lesson 14 – Mercy at Appomattox
4-Mercy at Appomatto I. Oral Work Forgiveness and reconciliation are not cheap, they are costly. Forgiveness is not to condone or minimize the awfulness of an atrocity or wrong. It is to recognize its ghastliness but to choose to acknowledge the essential humanity of the perpetrator and to give that perpetrator the possibility of making a new beginning. Forgiveness is an act of much hope and not despair. It is to hope in the essential goodness of people and to have faith in their potential to change. It is to bet on that possibility. Forgiveness, is not opposed to justice, especially if it is not punitive justice, but restorative justice, justice that does not seek primarily to punish the perpetrator to hit out, but looks to heal a breach, to restore a social equilibrium that the atrocity or misdeed has disturbed. Ultimately there is no future without forgiveness. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, 2001 W BTLE To be continued on the next page
W B T L E I. Oral Work Forgiveness and reconciliation are not cheap, they are costly. Forgiveness is not to condone or minimize the awfulness of an atrocity or wrong. It is to recognize its ghastliness but to choose to acknowledge the essential humanity of the perpetrator and to give that perpetrator the possibility of making a new beginning. Forgiveness is an act of much hope and not despair. It is to hope in the essential goodness of people and to have faith in their potential to change. It is to bet on that possibility. Forgiveness, is not opposed to justice, especially if it is not punitive justice, but restorative justice, justice that does not seek primarily to punish the perpetrator, to hit out, but looks to heal a breach, to restore a social equilibrium that the atrocity or misdeed has disturbed. Ultimately there is no future without forgiveness. Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, 2001 To be continued on the next page. Lesson 14 – Mercy at Appomattox
4-Mercy at Appomatto I. Oral Work o We make war that we may live in peace. Aristotle Let him who desires peace prepare for war. Flavius Vegetius Renatus o The only alternative to coexistence is co-destruction Jawaharlal Nehru o If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. Moshe day For to win a hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. Sun tzus: the art of war o There never was a good war, or a bad peace. Benjamin Franklin W BTLE To be continued on the next page
W B T L E I. Oral Work We make war that we may live in peace. Aristotle Let him who desires peace prepare for war. Flavius Vegetius Renatus The only alternative to coexistence is co-destruction. Jawaharlal Nehru If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. Moshe Dayan For to win a hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. Sun Tzus: the Art of War There never was a good war, or a bad peace. Benjamin Franklin To be continued on the next page. Lesson 14 – Mercy at Appomattox
4-Mercy at Appomatto I. Oral Work o The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. Bertrand russell Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life; anarchy and competition the laws of death John ruski Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace. Dwight Eisenhower o Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police. Albert einstein W BTLE The end of oral work
W B T L E I. Oral Work The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. Bertrand Russell Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life; anarchy and competition the laws of death. John Ruskin Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace. Dwight Eisenhower Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police. Albert Einstein The end of Oral Work. Lesson 14 – Mercy at Appomattox