古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
仁 者 之 心

at his meeting with union general ulysses grant, confederate general robert lee was asked if he wished to propose any changes to the surrender agreement. "there is one thing," lee said. "the cavalrymen and artillerymen in our army own their own horses. will they be allowed to keep their horses?"
"you will find," grant said, "that the terms do not allow it."

"you are correct," said lee. until then, his face had shown no emotion. but for a moment, his self-control weakened.

seeing how badly lee wanted this, grant said, "well, i take it that most of your soldiers are small farmers and will need the horses to work their farms. i will not change the terms, but i will tell my officers to let all the men who claim to own a horse or mule take the animals home with them."

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