<ol><br/><li>Let the affection be what it will in appearance.</li><br/><li>If it induces us to approach them.</li><br/><li>If it makes us to dwell upon them.</li><br/><li>Such a catastrophe touches us in history as mush as in fable.</li><br/><li>Our delight is very greatly heightened.</li><br/><li>If the sufferer be some excellent person who sinks unworthy situation.</li><br/><li>when it does not press too close</li><br/><li>Whether the misfortune is before our eyes, or whether they are turned back to it in history.</li><br/><li>The delight hinders us from shunning scene of misery.</li><br/><li>Pain prompts us to relieve ourselves in relieving those who suffer.</li></ol><br/><br/>reference:<br/><br/><b>The effects of sympathy in the distresses of others</b> – Edmund Burke<br/><br/><br/>