empathy

EMPATHY Nous sommes l'un l'autre.

The love of liberty is the love of others. --William Hazlitt

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, National Independence Day Parade. July 4, 2008, Washington, DC.

Redcoats invade Constitution Avenue. July 4, 2008, Washington, DC.

Compassion is frequently a sense of our own misfortunes, in those of other men; it is an ingenious foresight of the disasters that may fall upon us hereafter. We relieve others, that they may return the like when our occasions call for it; and the good offices we do them are, in strict speaking, so many kindnesses done to ourselves beforehand.
--François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld

Tribute to Tim Russert at the Newseum in Washington, DC. June 14, 2008.

Nature never did betray the heart that loved her. --William Wordsworth

Slider turtle, Central Park, NY, May 31, 2008.

Memorial Day 2008

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, May 26, 2008.

All Creatures Great and Small

A red panda at the Smithsonian National Zoo, May 17, 2008.