There is nothing sweeter than to be sympathized with.
The misery of other people is only an abstraction something that can be sympathized with only by drawing from one's own experiences. But as it stands, true empathy remains impossible. And so long as it is, people will continue to suffer the pressure of their seemingly singular existence.
I always sympathized with the people who did work for hire; I was one of them.
I had always hoped that the younger generation receiving their early impressions after the flame of liberty had been kindled in every breast. . . would have sympathized with oppression wherever found, and proved their love of liberty beyond their own share of it.