"Dat dood it pritty slick, massa; but I've seed it as well dood, p'r'aps
better, by kindness."
There is this, at all events, to be said in regard to the rough system,
that no man but an athlete could endure the fatigue of the process,
while any man--or even woman--has physical strength sufficient to
conquer by love, if only he, or she, possess the requisite patience and
milk of human kindness.