古德明英語軍事小故事：仁 者 之 心(中英對照)
古德明《征服英語》之英語軍事故事，古德明，香港英語教育作家，他開了一個《征服英語專欄》，在專欄中專門用英語寫了世界近代史上的軍事小故事，用英語講述歷史中那些驚心動魄的戰爭。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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