He was compassionate. Donald T. Phillips, in Lincoln on Leadership, highlights that characteristic by pointing out that Lincoln was always quick to pardon. He seemed to have virtually no feelings of hate, vindictiveness or malice. Many people of his day, in fact, thought his tendency toward leniency was overdone. He granted more pardons, for example, than any president had before him or has since.
Grace means unmerited favor.
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