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“Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of second woe.”

Looks Stills Mercy Nurse Woe Pardon Measure For Measure

Book:Measure for Measure

Source: Measure for Measure

“In that year [1865] John Muir offered to buy from his brother ... a sanctuary for the wildflowers that had gladdened his youth. His brother declined to part with the land, but he could not suppress the idea: 1865 still stands in Wisconsin history as the birth-year of mercy for things natural, wild, and free.”

Years Stills Ideas Natural Land Youth Brother Birth Mercy Sanctuary Wisconsin Wild And Free Wildflowers

Book:Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238)

Source: Aldo Leopold: A Sand County Almanac & Other Writings on Conservation and Ecology: (Library of America #238)

“After sketching his program for the scientific revolution that he foresaw, Bacon ends his account with a prayer: "Humbly we pray that this mind may be steadfast in us, and that through these our hands, and the hands of others to whom thou shalt give the same spirit, thou wilt vouchsafe to endow the human family with new mercies". That is still a good prayer for all of us as we begin the twenty-first century.”

Giving Mind Firsts Humans May Stills Ends Hands Spirit Prayer Century Revolution Praying Program Mercy Accounts Twenties Steadfast Sketching Human Family Scientific Revolution Good Prayer

Author:Freeman Dyson