If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are the most pitiable people of all.
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IGN listed Bellatrix Lestrange as their tenth top Harry Potter character, and IGN's Joe Utichi listed Bellatrix as his fourth favourite Harry Potter character, calling her the "most pitiable" of Voldemort's servants. In NextMovie.com's Harry Potter Mega Poll, Bellatrix was voted as the No. 1 villain in the series. Helena Bonham Carter received much praise for her portrayal of the character.
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" Jacobson recalled that, relieved of the worry of being sent to the minors, he saw the ball better than he ever had: "After five years of trial and five years of failure I have made good at last. That's all I know. Whatever improvement I have shown is due to Burke's four words, 'Send for your wife.' When Burke made that crack, he made me a success where I had been one of the most pitiable failures in baseball.
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The condition of the slaves was most pitiable in the ages of antiquity. According to Roman law and usage a slave was considered not as a human being but as a chattel, over which the master had the most absolute control, up to the point of inflicting death. From the time of the Emperor Antoninus Pius (138-61) a master was punished if he killed his slave without reason, or even practiced on him excessive cruelty (Instit. Just., lib.
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You, of all women, the most > pitiable. Say to your son that in the name and spirit of him who was > murdered, I forgive, even as God may forgive, if before an earthly judge he > makes a full and frank confession of his guilt, and before a heavenly one > repent. Had he known my son, the noblest man earth bore, he had rather turn > the weapon on himself than on him. May these words give peace to your > soul.... Techow's sentence was reduced by an amnesty in 1928.
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There are many incidents in his biography narrating his kindness and compassion for others. During the plague epidemic in Calcutta which took place in 1898 Nag Mahasaya nursed his own cook who fell ill and then carried him to the Ganges alone as per the last wish of the man even at the risk of his own life. He had once been paid an amount for his return journey in a steamer when he went for seeing a patient. On his way back he saw a beggar woman in a most pitiable condition and gave away the entire amount to her and walked barefoot all the way back to Calcutta.
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He founded Lifeflight, the First Acute Care Helicopter Ambulance Service in 1974. He has authored more than 800 published works. To his credit, he did not patent his technique so that his discovery would benefit the greatest number of patients. In 2016, Medscape listed him among the “Most Influential Physicians in History,” an exclusive list of the most important 50 physicians in the history of medicine. As the legendary Greek author Homer once said: “All deaths are hateful to mortals, but the most pitiable is to starve to death.” Since 1970, Dr. Stanley J. Dudrick’s invention is credited with saving over 10 million babies and 20 million adults from starvation in the United States alone.
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The capture of this man as effected in a masterly manner, and redounds highly to the credit of Captain Ellis. … Midgegooroo in his dungeon presents a most pitiable object.Perth Gazette, 18 May 1833 In the same issue, the Perth Gazette went on to invite citizens to "forward the ends of justice" by coming forward with their evidence of Midgegooroo's wrongdoings, indicative of the close relationship between the early colonial media, the Government and the nascent system of justice. The Perth Gazette constitutes one of the principle records of the events over the next few days, and it is difficult to be definite about the chronological sequence between Midgegooroo's capture on 17 May and execution on the 22nd.
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