PITY ( page 273 ).
Questions.
1. What is pity? sympathy? 2. How does sympathy in its exercise differ from pity? 3. How does pity differ from mercy? 4. How does compassion compare with mercy and pity? 5. How does commiseration differ from compassion?
Examples.
Nothing but the Infinite —— is sufficient for the infinite pathos of human life.
He hallows every heart he once has swayed,
And when his presence we no longer share,
Still leaves —— as a relic there.