As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe. (Friedrich Schiller)

As freely as the firmament embraces the world, or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, so mercy must encircle both friend and foe.

Friedrich Schiller

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