"[B]etween impulsive hearts and compulsive authority, you have consistently seasoned justice with mercy, and invigorated mercy with justice."
— Bernadotte Perrin

January 1, 1970

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In praise of Henry Parks Wright, referencing Portia's "quality of mercy" in The Merchant of Venice, IV, 1