Comment on Martyrdom (from the readings for the class)

Quote from RL Stevenson, “An Apology for Idlers:”

“Pleasures are more beneficial than duties because, like the quality of mercy, they are not strained, and they are twice blest. There must always be two to a kiss, and there may be a score in a jest; but wherever there is an element of sacrifice, the favour is conferred with pain, and, among generous people, received with confusion.”

‘Course it’s easy for me to be critical of martyrs because I am not naturally a martyr myself and I am usually irritated by self-sacrifice in others.