"Lenience" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... philanthropic was strengthened in his moral tone (as his wife found out) by being compelled to discharge the least pleasant of the duties of a county sheriff—or if not a fine thing, at least it was a wholesome and durable corrective to all excess of lenience, that duty to his country and mankind compelled the gentle Scuddy to conduct the western division ...
— Springhaven - A Tale of the Great War • R. D. Blackmore |
