Gestus XXVII: Commisereor [I pity]
TO LET DOWN THE HAND with intent to rear some languishing creature from off the ground is a greater expression of pity and commiseration than to afford a STRETCHED OUT HAND to one who riseth of his own accord; for between these expressions the learned have made a distinction. To this expression I find that of the Psalmist referred: Send down thy hand from above.
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