古德明英語軍事小故事：主教的仁心(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。
主教的仁心
in the year 420, during the war between the eastern roman empire and persia, 7000 persians were brought prisoners to amida, where they suffered extreme want.
seeing this, acacius, bishop of amida, assembled his clergy. he observed that as god had said,"i love mercy better than sacrifice," he would be better pleased with the relief of the prisoners than with being served with gold and silver. the clergy agreed. the consecrated vessels were sold, and with the proceeds the prisoners were maintained and, at the conclusion of the war, sent home. the persian monarch was charmed with this humane action. he invited acacius to his capital, where he received him with the utmost reverence, and for his sake conferred many favours on the christians.
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