古德明英語軍事小故事：「 太 過 仁 厚 」 之 罪 (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。「 太 過 仁 厚 」 之 罪
military commander with the french forces in the american revolutionary war, armand lauzun was a french peer who supported the french revolution. in 1793, he was sent to vendee, a coastal region in france, to help suppress a royalist insurgency there. he gained several successes, but after he submitted his resignation, he was sent to the guillotine by the bloodthirsty french revolutionary committee because of his "undue leniency to the insurgents".
when the executioner came to fetch lauzun in his cell, he was found to be drinking wine and eating oysters. "allow me to finish, citizen, and take a glass of this wine," lauzun told the executioner. "in your profession you must need courage."
美國獨立戰爭中的法軍司令阿爾芒．洛贊是法國貴族，支持法國大革命。一七九三年，他奉命往法國沿海地區旺代，協助平定當地保王黨叛亂，打了幾場勝仗，但后來提出辭呈。渴血的法國革命委員會說他「對叛亂分子太過仁厚」，把他送上斷頭臺。
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