Is there a place for "Mercy" in the Civil Courts of this State; or does justice require the Judge to observe the strict letter of the law under all circumstances? As Portia stated, in possibly the best-known passage in all of Shakespeare's plays: "The quality of mercy is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It is twice blest — it blesseth him that gives and him that takes. `Tis mightiest...
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