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Service without sympathy may be "beneficence," but it is not "benevolence." For Indeed, to will the good is to take pleasure in the intention to achieve a result, and further pleasure in its actual achievement; and that is precisely to sympathize.

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"As we ordinarily use the term 'love,' to love another person is to do something that always has two closely related aspects. First of all, it is to accept the other person, in the sense of taking him or her into account, allowing him or her to make a difference by partly determining one's own actual being. Then, secondly, it is to act toward the other person, in whatever one says or does, on the basis of such acceptance" (Faith and Freedom: 69r69f).

25 April 2005