act of kindness

“I write in memory of old times and a special act of kindness on your part, when in the midst of battle, with your self-earned brave army around, and”

Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early C.S.A. : autobiographical sketch and narrative of the War between the States,

“Or, having been recently reminded of his cold and strained relationship with his father, was this small act of kindness and devotion mere salt in the wound that, by virtue of his father’s now eternal inapproachability, would never be healed?”

Simon & Schuster: The Monstrumologist

“The bill was the subject of an act of kindness from the Danish consul, who negotiated it at face value at a time when bills upon England could only be cashed in Port Louis at a discount of 30 per cent.”

The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders