But I also think there are some cases, where it might actually be kinder and more humane to end a human life.

但是有些时候，可能，结束一个人的生命,才是更加仁慈与人道的。

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Yet there were incidents that his merciful side came through as well.

不过也有些事情显露出他仁慈的一面

耶鲁公开课 - 欧洲文明课程节选

The idea that emerged the memory of the '81-82 recession is very strong in our imagination because we think that it was caused by lax monetary policy by liberal thinking by the soft-hearted liberals who just didn't want to create any pain and suffering.

出现的观点,在我们的想象中,81-82年的经济衰退很严重,因为我们认为它是由于,松懈的货币政策，不拘一格的思想,那些仁慈的不想制造任何痛苦和疲劳的,自由主义者引发的。

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His generosity was legend, but so was his cruelty.

他的仁慈和残忍都被人们当传奇一样诉说

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