Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2014). Go…

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Mercy detached from justice grows unmerciful. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2014). God in the Dock, p.326, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
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