During the American Civil War, a young man 【小题1】 (name) Roswell McIntyre was drafted into the army. The war was not going well.

The army needed 【小题2】 (soldier) so much that he was sent into battle without being trained. Roswell became frightened and ran. Later he 【小题3】 (sentence) to be shot for desertion. Roswell's mother appealed to President Lincoln, 【小题4】 (beg) that he was young and inexperienced, and that he needed 【小题5】 second chance.

Lincoln thought and prayed. Then he wrote an 【小题6】 (admiration) statement. “I have noticed, ” he said, “that it never does a boy much good to shoot him.” He wrote this letter in his own handwriting: “Roswell McIntyre 【小题7】 (be) to be readmitted into the army. When he serves out his required enlistment(服兵役期), he will be freed of any charges of desertion.”

That letter, signed by President Lincoln, is 【小题8】 display in the Library of Congress. Beside it there is a note, 【小题9】reads, “This letter was taken from the body of Roswell McIntyre, who died respectably at the Battle of Five Forks in Virginia.” Now you might be 【小题10】 (vast) surprised at the power of forgiveness.