Abraham Lincoln, when President, was asked to intervene in the scheduled execution of a Union soldier - William Scott - who had fallen asleep at his post when on watch. Lincoln opposed the execution. In a discussion of the situation, he said in part:
"Scott's life is as valuable to him as that of any person in the land. You remember the remark of a Scotchman about the head of a nobleman who was decapitated. It was a small matter of a head, but it was valuable to him, poor fellow, for it was the only one he had."
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