ItwasafreezingcoldeveninginnorthernVirginiamanyyearsago...

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It was a freezing cold evening in northern Virginia many years ago. An old man was waiting for a 41 across the river.

At last he heard some hooves 42 along the frozen path. Anxiously, he watched as several horsemen came around the bend. 43 , he let them pass by one after another.

Finally, as the 44 rider was drawing near, the old man 45 the rider’s eye and

asked whether he would 46 giving him a ride to the other side.

The rider agreed 47 . Seeing the old man was unable to 48 his half-frozen body from the ground, the horseman 49 and helped the old man 50 the horse. The horseman took the old man not just across the river, but to his 51 , a tiny but cozy cottage.

Before leaving, out of 52 , the horseman asked the old man why on such a bitter

winter night he would wait and ask the last rider and 53 he had refused. The old man replied, “I looked into the eyes of the other riders and immediately saw there was no 54 for my situation. But when I looked into your eyes, I was certain that your gentle spirit would give me 55 in my time of need.”

Those 56 comments touched the horseman deeply, who 57 the old man, “May I never get too busy with my own affairs that I 58 to respond to the ne eds of others with kindness and compassion.”

59 these words, Thoma s Jefferson, president of the United States, turned his horse around and 60 his way back to the White House.