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When an eminent painter was requested to paint Alexander the Great, so as to give a perfect likeness of the Macedonian conqueror, he felt a difficulty. Alexander in his wars had been struck by a sword, and across his forehead was an immense scar. The painter said, if I retain the scar it will be an offense to the admirers of that monarch, and if I omit it, it will fail to be a perfect likeness. What shall I do? He hit upon a happy expedient. He represented the emperor leaning on his elbow, with his forefinger upon his brow, accidentally, as it seemed, covering the scar upon his forehead.
Might not we represent each other with the finger of charity upon the scar, instead of representing the scar deeper, darker, and blacker than it actually is? H. L. Hastings
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