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"Hongan Os was essentially a just and kindly man. When he saw a party of his warriors making sport of the Laredan captives, he paused to watch; but when they tied three Laredans by their ankles between horses and whipped the horses into frenzied flight, Hongan Os decided to intervene. He ordered that the warriors be flogged on the spot, for Hongan Os—Mad Bear—wad known to be a merciful chieftain. He had never mistreated a horse."
- A Canticle For Leibowtz by Walter M Miller Jr, page 145