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Humane   /hjumˈeɪn/   Listen
Humane

adjective
1.
Pertaining to or concerned with the humanities.  Synonyms: humanist, humanistic.  "A humane education"
2.
Marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering.
3.
Showing evidence of moral and intellectual advancement.



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"Humane" Quotes from Famous Books



... iron-grey hair and tell you how he had come by his trade-marks. He owned all sorts of certificates of extra-competency, and at the bottom of his cabin chest of drawers, where he kept the photograph of his wife, were two or three Royal Humane Society medals for saving lives at sea. Professionally—it was different when crazy steerage-passengers jumped overboard—professionally, McPhee does not approve of saving life at sea, and he has often told me that a new Hell awaits ...
— The Day's Work, Volume 1 • Rudyard Kipling
... errand on which Doctor Brown was bent He'd stop to patch a victim up and never charged a cent. He'd always pause, whoever 'twas he happened to run down: A humane and a thoughtful man was ...
— A line-o'-verse or two • Bert Leston Taylor
... fire in ice Or if a picture were to be Itself and its original For his food he must but take A mouthful barely, and with sighs, 335 And when he asleeping lies He must still be half awake. Very gentle-mannered he, Humane and courteous, must be And serve his lady without hope, 340 For he who loveth grudgingly Proves ...
— Four Plays of Gil Vicente • Gil Vicente
... his master not only with ability, but the greatest fidelity, he was treated with more friendship, and allowed indulgences denied to others of his class, the humane officer whom it was his lot to serve, knowing how to appreciate his faithfulness, and wishing to remove the deep melancholy under which he ...
— Hair Breadth Escapes - Perilous incidents in the lives of sailors and travelers - in Japan, Cuba, East Indies, etc., etc. • T. S. Arthur
... I understand; and I think you've given good advice, and that it shows a humane disposition. (Turning to SIMO.) ...
— The Captiva and The Mostellaria • Plautus


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