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FRENCH history furnishes an interesting parallel to the magnanimity shown by Napoleon to the University of Pavia referred to in your issue of July 15. When Rudyerd was engaged in building the second Eddystone Lighthouse a French privateer captured some of his workmen and carried them prisoners to France. Louis XIV., however, as soon as he heard of it, put the captain and crew in prison, released the workmen, loaded them with presents, and sent them home, saying that though he was at war with England, he was not at war with mankind.
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KNOX, G. French Magnanimity. Nature 95, 703 (1915). https://doi.org/10.1038/095703d0
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