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THE QUALITY OF MERCY

PORTIA:  “The quality of mercy is not strained:it drops on to the world as the gentle rain does – from heaven.It’s doubly blessed. It blesses both the giver and the receiver.It’s most powerful when granted by those who hold power over othersIt’s more important to a monarch than his crown.His sceptre shows the level of his temporal power –The symbol of awe and majesty in which lies the source of the dreadand fear that kings command.But mercy is above that sceptered power.It’s enthroned in the hearts of kings.It...

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